US12321469B2
A method and apparatus for secured, peer-to-peer transfer of data rights over a computer network, the method being accomplished by a distributed computing system including a distributed ledger platform. Root rights are defined and delegated to wallets in a multilevel manner to thereby isolate wallets associated with the root right from cyber risk.
US12321467B2
Techniques for cryptographic computing isolation are described. A processor includes circuitry to be coupled to memory configured to store one or more instructions. The circuitry is to execute the one or more instructions to instantiate a first process based on an application. To instantiate the first process is to include creating a context table to be used by the first process, identifying a software component to be invoked during the first process, encrypting the software component using a first cryptographic key, and creating a first entry in the context table. The first entry is to include first context information identifying the encrypted software component and second context information representing the first cryptographic key. In more specific embodiments, third context information representing a first load address of the encrypted software component is stored in the first entry of the context table.
US12321463B2
An image analysis security apparatus includes a content delivery network, an image analyzer and a scan engine. The content delivery network receives an image file, quarantines the file and classifies the file with an operating system. The image analyzer receives the file and classifies the file with an image type. The scan engine loads security modules based on the operating system and the image type, communicates with a vulnerability database to receive vulnerability updates, communicates with a cyber threat intelligence database to receive collection analysis relating to unauthorized accesses to data that occurred within a predetermined time period and communicates with an open-source intelligence database to receive public data for intelligence objectives. The scan engine scans and labels the image file using the security modules in tandem with the information received from the databases.
US12321453B1
A method includes receiving, from a pre-processor, an output file, the output file having been created by the pre-processor in response to input of an electronic file to the pre-processor, the electronic file being an attachment to an electronic mail message that is in-transit to a recipient computer on a network, the electronic file being a spreadsheet file, the output file containing features that are created by the pre-processor; receiving, from a machine learning-based classifier, malware classification data, the malware classification data being output by the machine learning-based classifier in response to the machine learning-based classifier determining whether the features are indicators of obfuscation, the data used to create the machine learning-based classifier including output files previously created by the pre-processor; in response to the malware classification data matching a criterion, causing the network to modify, delay, or block transmission of the electronic file to the recipient computer.
US12321449B2
A storage system, associated with a container system, may be configured to perform a method that includes: providing, by a storage system, storage services to a container system; determining, by the storage system and based on the providing the storage services to the container system, a potential security threat; and performing, by the storage system, a remedial action based on the potential security threat.
US12321446B1
This document describes a system and method that utilizes principles of quantum mechanics to detect and mitigate adversarial artificial intelligence (AI) attacks on AI agents. The disclosed system first retrieves a baseline quantum state lattice matrix derived from ground truth inputs and ground truth outputs, where each output includes multiple inferred outcomes with probability amplitudes. Output quantum states are then generated from acquired data and quantum states are then generated for each row in the baseline matrix. A quantum-based anomaly classification is then performed based on this generated data to detect adversarial activity occurring at the AI agent.
US12321444B2
In some embodiments, a local user is prevented from accessing certain content and/or capabilities of a mobile network device while allowing him control over other functions of the device. For example, an administrator may prevent certain undesired activities. Optionally, by means of an MDM server and/or a remote server, the local user controls other aspects of his device as he wills More specifically but not exclusively the method works on IOS devices. An aspect of some embodiments of the current invention relates to a method of selecting a level of filtering for individual members of a network and/or packets. Optionally, a device pertinent to aggressive filtering may signal to the server and/or other devices will be less aggressively filtered. Alternatively or additionally, a server may determine from certain behaviors and/or packet characteristics that a device and/or packet should be filtered aggressively or not.
US12321438B2
The disclosure relates to an authentication approach to grant access to a secure service on an electronic device. The authentication approach includes receiving, via an electronic device, a request to access the secure service. The authentication approach includes determining whether the electronic device is positioned at a location that corresponds to a virtual authentication lock. The authentication approach includes displaying, in response to determining the device is positioned at the location that corresponds to the virtual authentication lock, the virtual authentication lock on a display of the electronic device. The authentication approach includes receiving one or more interactions with the virtual authentication lock. The authentication approach includes determining whether the one or more interactions correspond to one or more authentication interactions related to the virtual authentication lock and granting, in response to the one or more interactions corresponding to the one or more authentication interactions, access to the secure service.
US12321437B2
In an embodiment, a set of dynamic proximity attribute (DPA) Risk Signals (RS) indicating whether a user is within a predetermined proximity of a registered user mobile device (RUMD) and a registered user device (RUD) is received from the RUMD and at an identity provider (IDP) communicably coupled to the RUMD based on short-range communication between the RUMD and the RUD. The RUMD is configured to monitor devices in short-range communication in a dynamic proximity area network (DPxAN) via an IDP application (IDPAmd) associated with the RUMD. A Risk Parameter Value (RPV) is determined according to at least the set of DPA RS received from the RUMD. A passwordless request to authenticate the user at the RUD on which a user access request originated is received from a Service Provider (SPn) by the IDP. An authentication response is sent from the IDP to the SPn based on the RPV.
US12321428B2
A user authentication device includes: a collection part collecting information of a user; a generation part generating a question for the user on the basis of the information of the user collected by the collection part and a skill model of the user; a presentation part presenting the question for the user generated by the generation part to the user; a reception part receiving, from the user, a response to the question presented by the presentation part; and a determination part determining authentication of the user on the basis of the response received by the reception part.
US12321427B2
An electronic device and a controlling method of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes identifying whether each of one or more neural network models included in a first external device is suitable for hardware of the electronic device and whether each of the one or more neural network models identified as suitable for the hardware of the electronic device is suitable to replace the neural network models included in the electronic device, based on first device information on a hardware specifications of the electronic device, second device information on a hardware specification of the first external device, first model information on the one or more neural network models included in the first external device, and second model information on the one or more neural network models included in the electronic device.
US12321426B2
Methods and systems for securing data are disclosed. To secure data, signed tokens may be used to authenticate operations to be performed by storage arrays. The operations may modify data stored in the storage array and/or provide copies of stored data. The signed token may specify limits on the authority of various entities to invoke various functions of storage arrays, and include cryptographic data usable by the storage arrays to authenticate the tokens. By requiring that tokens be included with operations to be performed by storage arrays, the storage arrays may be less likely to perform undesired operations.
US12321424B2
Methods, system, and non-transitory processor-readable storage medium for a design obfuscation system are provided herein. An example method includes a design obfuscation system that receives software code to be compiled on a system running a software compiler. The design obfuscation system generates obfuscated code from at least a portion of the software code, where the obfuscated code, when decompiled, avoids identification of design patterns in the software code. The design obfuscation system provides the obfuscated code to the software compiler for compiling, and the software compiler compiles the obfuscated code.
US12321422B2
Methods and apparatus for secondary content management, including preventing viewing fraud, are disclosed. In one embodiment, apparatus of the present disclosure includes an Advertisement Decisioning Service (ADS) and Manifest Manipulator (MM) configured cooperate to receive client requests for secondary content, select one or more secondary content elements (e.g., advertisements), and generate and transmit one or more identifiers that uniquely identify the client's request for a session. The selected advertisements in one implementation include embedded beacons or tags used to ensure accurate accounting with regards to the amount or quality of consumption of the advertisement by a user.
US12321420B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for training and using generative adversarial networks. In one implementation, a system for training a generative adversarial network may include at least one processor that may provide a first plurality of images including representations of a feature-of-interest and indicators of locations of the feature-of-interest and use the first plurality and indicators to train an object detection network. Further, the processor(s) may provide a second plurality of images including representation of the feature-of-interest, and apply the trained object detection network to the second plurality to produce a plurality of detections of the feature-of-interest. Additionally, the processor(s) may provide manually set verifications of true positives and false positives with respect to the plurality of detections, use the verifications tr train a generative adversarial network, and retrain the generative adversarial network using at least one further set of images, further detections, and further manually set verifications.
US12321416B2
An image data processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: receive first medical image data; obtain a first image feature data set from the first medical image data; obtain a second image feature data set from second medical image data and/or from stored image feature data; obtain style data; and generate synthesized image data based on the first image feature data set, the second image feature data set, and the style data.
US12321414B1
A system and method for improving traffic of a webpage is presented. The method includes receiving a first plurality of activity records respective of a webpage, the webpage including a plurality of content objects, each content object including a markup language code; generating a first metric value based on the first plurality of activity records; generating an alternative webpage based on the plurality of content objects; generating a second metric value based on a second plurality of activity records respective of the alternative webpage; generating a second alternative webpage in response to determining that the second metric value is lower than the first metric value; and replacing the webpage with the alternative webpage, in response to determining that the second metric value is higher than the first metric value.
US12321411B2
A server can be configured for providing a loading animation with a shape that grows from within from a central point. The server can provide, in response to receiving a request to access a feature of a webpage that includes a first shape, a loading animation that includes a second shape. The loading animation can include an animation sequence that causes the second shape to grow in size, without changing shape, from within from a central point into a first area occupied by the second shape. Providing the loading animation can include (i) terminating the animation sequence in response to a predetermined amount of time elapsing and (ii) providing the loading animation for display on the entity device while the server accesses the feature of the webpage. The server can provide access to the feature.
US12321404B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for privacy preserving digital component provider. In some implementations, a method includes providing, by a user device and during a browsing session of content page at the user device, (1) a request for a digital component and (2) contextual data representing a context within which the content page is provided for display on the user device; obtaining an embedding vector that represents the contextual data as a set of features and the digital component; generating one or more adjusted embedding vectors for a first interest group, wherein the collection includes the embedding vector adjusted by one or more values; and providing the one or more adjusted embedding vectors to a server for generating a model for the first interest group.
US12321403B2
The disclosure provides a method for receiving a query from a user of the electronic device, wherein the query is one of a voice query, a gesture query and a text query; determining an intermediate response for an augmented query; categorizing, by the electronic device, the intermediate response; selecting at least one other user communicating with the user of the electronic device for the determined category of the intermediate response; determining a perception of the at least one other user based on a profile of the at least one other user and a communication history with the at least one other user; and generating, by the electronic device, a final response for the user of the electronic device based on the perception of at least one other user and the determined intermediate response.
US12321402B2
Systems and methods for ranking search results according to a knowledge level of a user are provided. A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, a search query from a user via a user computer device; determining, by the computing device, a plurality of results based on the search query; determining, by the computing device, a respective expertise level for each of the plurality of results; ranking, by the computing device, the plurality of results based on a knowledge level of the user and the respective expertise level for each of the plurality of results; and outputting, by the computing device, the ranked plurality of results to the user computer device.
US12321379B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for determining an in-memory data structure for storing digital images (e.g., newspaper images representing individual pages of digitized newspapers) based on a first level hash and a second level hash that map to nested categories within a browse structure of a genealogical data system. For example, the disclosed systems generate a multilevel data block by implementing one or more compression techniques to reduce overall data size, particularly relating to month data and image/page identification data. In some cases, the disclosed systems greatly reduce the memory and processing requirements of storing, browsing, and searching digital content items (e.g., newspaper images) within a genealogical database.
US12321371B1
A method for generating a merged large language model (LLM) from input data including training a first LLM on a first subset of the input data for a first specialized task, training a second LLM on a second subset of the input data for a second specialized task, performing a merging process on the first and second LLMs producing one or more merged LLMs. The method further includes receiving a plurality of derived prompts generated from a user prompt and one or more relevant contexts, receiving one or more relevant contexts related to the generation of the plurality of derived prompts, providing the plurality of derived prompts generated and the one or more relevant contexts to the one or more merged LLMs, generating a plurality of results, and sending the plurality of results to an output broker.
US12321368B2
The embodiments provide a method, device, and storage medium for scheduling a distributed database. Load states of respective storage units in a first storage node in a distributed database are detected by any of a plurality of management devices of a distributed database, and a hotspot partition of the first storage unit is determined based on the load states; a replica splitting task for a target replica stored in the hotspot partition is generated, the replica splitting task comprising the target number of subreplicas of the target replica after splitting and migration target addresses of the subreplicas; the replica splitting task is executed by invoking a thread in a thread pool, to split the target replica into the subreplicas based on the target number of the subreplicas and migrate at least one of the subreplicas based on the migration target addresses of the subreplicas.
US12321366B2
An example of communicating transaction data between a first service and a second service includes receiving transactions of first service, and processing the received transactions and storing the results in a database of the first service. For at least some of the received transactions, corresponding transaction messages are produced for processing by the second service, and tracking that each of the transaction messages is provided to a message queue. The transaction messages are received from the message queue and are processed using the second service, and the results are stored in a database of the second service. When there are duplicate transaction messages received from the message queue, the database of the second service only stores the results of one of the duplicate transaction messages.
US12321360B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive, from a requesting account, a selection of one or more data sets that are indicated as sharable and requestor information. The instructions, when executed, also cause the one or more processors to generate a sharing request for the one or more data sets, validate the sharing request based on restrictions for the one or more data sets, apply requestor-specific restrictions to a subset of the one or more data sets to generate a modified subset of the one or more data sets, and send the modified subset of the one or more data sets to the requesting account.
US12321359B2
A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product that provides geographic event monitoring, detection, assessment, and alert notifications. The system utilizes an extract, transfer and load data pipeline (named ETheL); an asset risk calculator (ARC) data pipeline for evaluating proximity of an asset to a geographic event; a Disaster Intelligence Communication Environment (DICE) which acts as the front-end of the platform; a COMS node providing a near-real time event alert system and a postGIS database used for persistence of events, locations, and calculations). Geographical indexing of the geographical description of event data with a designated location of interest (LOI) determines a cell intersection inhabited by each of an event and the LOI. Notifications may be programmed for each cell intersection. Mapping displays may be generated for showing the cell intersections with the LOIs.
US12321358B1
Systems and methods access, from data storage location(s), at least two separate datasets, and perform data analysis on the at least two separate datasets to identify any redundancies. The data analysis includes comparing at least one first column name of first column(s) of first data values of a first dataset with at least one second column name of second column(s) of second data values of a second dataset, the comparing including evaluating similarities of the at least one first column name and the at least one second column name. The data analysis also includes determining whether statistical information of the first data values and the second data values are replicas and deriving semantic logic from the first dataset and the second dataset to interpret importance of retaining both the first dataset and the second dataset.
US12321352B2
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for providing a current row position query language construct and array processing query language constructs and associated processing.
US12321351B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating an execution plan for a request that involves accessing and synthesizing data assets from siloed data repositories. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving a first request, generating a request execution plan comprising (i) a sequence of second requests and (ii) a respective indicator of a relationship between a corresponding response for each second request and an overall response to the first request by processing the first request using a request planner artificial intelligence (AI) neural network agent, sequentially, assigning and providing each second request in the sequence of second requests to a particular retriever AI neural network agent in accordance with metadata corresponding with a particular data repository, obtaining the corresponding response to the second request, and generating the overall response to the first request using a synthesizer AI neural network agent.
US12321349B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with managing query loads are described. In one embodiment, a system is configured to define a fingerprint for received queries that are requested for execution on a database system and determine whether the defined fingerprint matches or does not match an existing fingerprint. For queries having a fingerprint that does not match an existing fingerprint: the system executes the query to completion and sets a classification for the fingerprint indicating the query (i) is flagged for evaluation or (ii) is permissible. For queries having a fingerprint that matches an existing fingerprint: determine whether the fingerprint was previously flagged and evaluate statistics for the fingerprint to determine whether execution will cause a negative impact on the system. The classification of the fingerprint is modified accordingly. The system controls execution of the query based on the classification of the fingerprint.
US12321343B1
Systems and methods for translating natural language to SQL on a custom enterprise data warehouse powered by Generative AI. With an embodiment of the present invention, a natural language question may be converted to a meaningful and accurate database query, e.g., SQL query, relevant to tables existing in an enterprise data warehouse. An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a comprehensive approach of transforming a natural language query to a focused SQL query using domain specific data models across firmwide metadata systems and data systems. In response to a user query, an embodiment of the present invention performs metadata analysis, targeted data retrieval and then SQL generation. An embodiment of the present invention may apply data warehousing standards and guidelines followed in the enterprise and provide a plug-and-play type architecture and solution that is scalable to large warehousing and other systems.
US12321341B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating and providing a hybrid search-and-browse interface for accurately and efficiently locating and presenting targeted genealogical content items. For example, the disclosed systems generate and provide a multi-layered navigational structure using browse trees that represent categories of genealogical content items, where each successive browse tree in the hybrid search-and-browse interface narrows the search results from the one before based on some (selected) criteria. In some cases, to support a hybrid search-and-browse interface, the hybrid search-and-browse system generates and maintains a facet index for genealogical content items stored in a database as a basis for generating and providing browse trees for navigating through search results of content items.
US12321329B2
A system providing for user-initiated, account-type limiting, association-limiting, and duration-dependent public access file disclosures over a semi-private network.
US12321326B2
Processing circuitry is configured to obtain a data structure that defines a plurality of conversions of data between pairs of fields; perform a search to identify a plurality of paths from a source node of the data structure to a destination node of the data structure, wherein the source node corresponds to a first field of the fields and the destination node corresponds to a second field of the fields; convert, for each path of the plurality of paths, transforms represented by corresponding edges of the path to a sequence of transforms that conform to a solver format; process the sequence of transforms for each path to determine whether all paths of the plurality of paths are equivalent up to an equivalence relation; and output an indication of whether all paths of the plurality of paths are equivalent up to an equivalence relation.
US12321322B2
Systems and methods for secure database schema migration are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor and a memory, the memory having program instructions that cause the processor to: calculate a first hash of schema objects for a database; compare the calculated first hash of the schema objects with an expected second hash of the schema objects for the database; determine that the schema objects comprise a previous version of the database; and execute scripts to upgrade the schema objects for the database. The program instructions can also cause the processor to: determine that the calculated first hash of the schema objects does not compare with the expected second hash of the schema objects, and determine that the calculated first hash of the schema objects compares with a third hash of the schema objects corresponding to the previous version of the database.
US12321308B2
Integrated circuit (IC) devices with efficient pin-sharing for multiprotocol communication interface
Systems and methods related to communication interface are provided. An interface circuitry arrangement for communication between integrated circuit (IC) devices, the interface circuitry arrangement including serial peripheral interface (SPI) circuitry having an SPI clock port, an SPI data port, and an SPI chip select (CS) port; inter-integrated circuit (I2C) circuitry having an I2C clock port and an I2C data port, wherein the I2C clock port and the SPI clock port are electrically coupled to a first connection port, and wherein the I2C data port and the SPI data port are electrically coupled to a second connection port; pattern detection circuitry to detect a signal pattern at a third connection port, the third connection port electrically coupled to the SPI CS port; and selection circuitry to selectively couple the SPI circuitry or the I2C circuitry to a data path responsive to an output of the pattern detection circuitry.
US12321307B2
PCI-Express (PCIE) is a hierarchical Bus or-I/O interconnect standard-used for interconnection between a root-complex of a PCIE enabled computing system and peripheral devices over the bus that may include hierarchically connected and controlled PCIE switches. The current application describes a PCIE based interconnect scheme for a plurality of PCIE enabled computing systems connected in a cluster using a network switch, having a plurality of inbound PCIE ports, The network switch is independently configured and controlled as a hub of a star interconnection topology for switching and data-transfer between its inbound PCIE ports. Connecting an outbound PCIE port, enabled for interconnection, on each of the plurality of the PCIE enabled computing systems of the cluster to one of the plurality of inbound PCIE ports on the network switch the star interconnection for communication and data-transfer between the PCIE enabled systems of the cluster through the network switch is enabled.
US12321297B2
A bridge device for bridging a host device and a data storage device includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller includes a first transmission interface. The second controller is coupled to the first controller and includes a second transmission interface. The second transmission interface is coupled to the first transmission interface through a bus. The first transmission interface operates in a slave mode and the second transmission interface operates in a master mode. The first transmission interface and the second transmission interface generate multiple transfer data chunks in compliance with a common bridge transfer format to perform transfer operations in dual directions for respectively transferring a command and data between a host device and a data storage device.
US12321296B2
A flexible storage system. A storage motherboard accommodates, on a suitable connector, a storage adapter circuit that provides protocol translation between a host bus interface and a storage interface, and that provides routing, to accommodate a plurality of mass storage devices that may be connected to the storage adapter circuit through the storage motherboard. The storage adapter circuit may be replaced with a circuit supporting a different host interface or a different storage interface.
US12321285B2
A caching system including a first sub-cache, a second sub-cache, coupled in parallel with the first sub-cache, for storing cache data evicted from the first sub-cache and write-memory commands that are not cached in the first sub-cache, and a cache controller configured to receive two or more cache commands, determine a conflict exists between the received two or more cache commands, determine a conflict resolution between the received two or more cache commands, and sending the two or more cache commands to the first sub-cache and the second sub-cache.
US12321284B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to facilitate atomic operation in victim cache are disclosed. An example system includes a first cache storage to store a first set of data; a second cache storage to store a second set of data that has been evicted from the first cache storage; and a storage queue coupled to the first cache storage and the second cache storage, the storage queue including: an arithmetic component to: receive the second set of data from the second cache storage in response to a memory operation; and perform an arithmetic operation on the second set of data to produce a third set of data; and an arbitration manager to store the third set of data in the second cache storage.
US12321282B2
A prefetch unit includes multiple memories; and a memory controller coupled to the multiple memories. The memory controller includes a prefetch stream filter and a prefetch buffer. The prefetch stream filter includes a first set of address slots and a set of direction prediction fields, each of which is associated with a respective one of the address slots of the first set of address slots. The prefetch buffer includes a set of buffer slots, each slot of the set of buffer slots including an address field, a direction prediction field, a data pending field, a data valid field, and a set of sub-slots configured to store data, wherein each address field of each slot of the set of buffer slots is configured to store at least a portion of an address associated with the corresponding slot.
US12321273B2
Cascading execution of atomic operations, including: receiving a request for each thread of a plurality of threads to perform an atomic operation, wherein the plurality of threads comprises a plurality of thread subsets each corresponding to a local memory, wherein the local memory for a thread subset is accessible by the thread subset and inaccessible to a remainder of threads in the plurality of threads; generating a plurality of intermediate results by performing, by each thread subset, the atomic operation in the local memory corresponding to the thread subset; and generating a result for the request by aggregating the plurality of intermediate results in a shared memory accessible to all threads in the plurality of threads.
US12321272B2
A buffer of a processing system allows younger stores to write to a data cache before an older store completes its write operation to the data cache while maintaining the appearance of committing stores in program order. To maintain the appearance that a blocked store completed its write operation to the data cache, the processing system cancels the blocked store while “locking” the cache line in the data cache in an exclusive state to which the blocked store is attempting to write. The data cache negatively acknowledges any probes to the cache line until the blocked store has completed the write operation. The buffer thus decouples completing the write operation from global observability of the write operation.
US12321264B1
A method for garbage collection includes obtaining a request to perform garbage collection on a target table. The target table includes a plurality of pages. The method includes determining, based on the request, a garbage collection transaction identifier (ID) specifying a global minimum transaction ID for garbage collection. For each respective page of a first set of pages of the plurality of pages, the method includes retrieving, from a page transaction ID table, a respective page minimum transaction ID corresponding to the respective page. The page transaction ID table is different from the target table. The method also includes determining that the respective page minimum transaction ID is greater than the global minimum transaction ID and, based on determining that the respective page minimum transaction ID is greater than the global minimum transaction ID, skipping garbage collection of the respective page without accessing the respective page.
US12321258B1
The disclosure relates to testing software for operating an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a first simulation may be run. The simulation may be run using the software to control a simulated vehicle and at least one agent. During the running of the first simulation, whether a particular type of interaction between the simulated vehicle and the at least one agent has occurred may be determined. In response to this determination, a second simulation may be run using the log data by replacing the at least one agent with a model agent that simulates a road user capable of responding to actions performed by the simulated vehicle. The second simulation may be used to determine in order to determine whether the software is able to complete the second simulation without the particular type of interaction between a second simulated vehicle and the model agent occurring.
US12321250B1
Techniques for configurable telemetry data processing via observability pipelines are described. A user may configure an observability pipeline for particular sources of telemetry data such as a containerized application in a provider network. The observability pipeline configuration can identify telemetry data sources, types of telemetry data to be processed, as well as zero, one, or more processing functions to act upon the telemetry data before being sent to one or more destination systems specified in the configuration. Telemetry data collection agents can be automatically configured for use and subsequently halted when no longer needed.
US12321246B2
Multi-site distributed storage systems and computer-implemented methods are described for providing an automatic unplanned failover (AUFO) feature to guarantee non-disruptive operations (e.g., operations of business enterprise applications, operations of software application) even in the presence of failures including, but not limited to, network disconnection between multiple data centers and failures of a data center or cluster.
US12321233B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing system includes a host and memory systems. A first memory system stores first data in a nonvolatile memory. A second memory system stores second data in a nonvolatile memory. The host transmits first update data to the first memory system and transmits second update data to the second memory system. The first memory system generates first XOR data by performing an XOR operation on at least the first data and the first update data, and transmits the first XOR data to the second memory system. The second memory system generates second XOR data by performing an XOR operation on the second data, the second update data, and the first XOR data, and transmits the second XOR data to a third memory system.
US12321228B2
A plurality of signals within a memory sub-system are analyzed by a signal analyzer component. Relevant signals among the plurality of signals are determined by the signal analyzer component such that the relevant signals comprise a subset of signals among the plurality of signals. Information corresponding to the relevant signals is sampled by the signal analyzer component and the signal analyzer component is responsible for extracting the information corresponding to the relevant signals among the plurality of signals.
US12321225B2
Techniques are disclosed herein for reconfiguring reprogrammable hardware in an autonomous vehicle system. According to an embodiment, an autonomous driving system includes sensors and a configurable circuit having physical logic units. The autonomous driving system aggregates data observed from each of the sensors. The autonomous driving system detects a trigger indicative of a defect in the configurable circuit. The defect is identified as a function of the aggregated data. The autonomous driving system performs, in response to the trigger, a reconfiguration action on the configurable circuit to repair the defect.
US12321209B1
The inventive subject matter provides for repurposing otherwise wasted thermal energy to drive a commercial process. Thermal energy from a cooling system containing a computer system and at least one manifold that is operably coupled with a compressor, heat exchanger, pressure regulator, and controller, to provide thermal energy at an elevated temperature to drive the commercial process. The cooling system can advantageously be used to cool computer systems, including Bitcoin miners, crypto miners, high-performance computers, AI computers, or other thermal energy producing devices. The system operates by extracting vapor of the working fluid from the manifold, increasing the pressure and temperature of the extracted vapor by compression, and then passing this vapor to a heat exchanger, thereby providing thermal energy to drive the commercial process.
US12321208B2
A power delivery system, including: a computing module having: a top surface including a first contact pad; a rail system including a first rail, wherein the first rail includes: a first end opposite to a second end; a first slot extending between the first end and the second end of the first rail, the first slot including a first surface positioned opposite to a second surface, the first surface of the first rail including a first contact finger; wherein, when the computing module is coupled to the rail system: the top surface of the computing module contacts the first surface of the first slot such that the first contact pad of the computing module contacts the first contact finger of the first rail to transfer power from a first power cable through the first contact finger to the first contact pad of the computing module.
US12321206B1
A protective cover apparatus for a direct-view LED (DV LED) screen is provided. The protective cover apparatus may comprise a back wall mount, a plurality of panel flex safety spacers, a front frame, a plurality of rigid DV LED protective panels, and a ventilated edge covering. The front frame may be attached to the back wall mount. The plurality of panel flex safety spacers may forwardly distance the front frame from the back wall mount by a panel flex safety clearance of at least 3 inches. The front frame may have an inner frame perimeter bounding a DV LED viewing window and an outer frame perimeter. The plurality of rigid DV LED protective panels may be rotatably mounted to the front frame. Each DV LED protective panel may have a transparent portion and a frame portion bordering the transparent portion.
US12321204B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first surface, a conductive plate disposed at the first surface of the housing to be slidable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and including a slot, a flexible display arranged to be supported by the conductive plate and including a first area facing the first surface and a second area extending from the first area and bendable according to the sliding of the conductive plate, and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a signal in a selected or designated frequency band through an antenna formed on the basis of at least a part of the conductive plate, which surrounds the slot.
US12321203B2
Knob on display (KoD) devices and related systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. A KoD device includes at least one electrode including an electrically conductive material. The KoD device also includes a base assembly configured to be positioned between a touch screen of a touch screen device and the at least one electrode. The at least one electrode is configured to be positioned in engagement proximity to a touch sensor of the touch screen device through the base assembly.
US12321199B2
An electronic apparatus according to various embodiments of the present disclosure comprises: a first display foldable with respect to at least one axis; a sensor configured to detect the folding state of the first display; and a processor operatively connected to the first display and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to: detect the folding state of the first display using the sensor; determine the display area of the first display based on the folding state of the first display; select an operating system (OS) corresponding to the folding state of the first display; and display a user interface (UI) on the display area of the first display, the user interface being generated in the operating system.
US12321194B2
A head mounted display includes a head mounted device configured to be mounted on a head of an observer, and a display device configured to be supported by the head mounted device so as to be capable of being flipped up, wherein the display device includes an observation optical system that guides light to an eye of the observer, and a detection unit that detects proximity of the display device to a face of the observer, and wherein the detection unit is disposed so that a center line of a detection range of the detection unit is directed downward with respect to an optical axis direction of the observation optical system.
US12321190B2
A memory controller for a memory device, the memory controller including: a command generator configured to generate a command signal based on a system clock signal, and to generate phase difference information for the command signal; and a memory interface configured to receive the command signal and the phase difference information from the command generator, to adjust a timing of the command signal based on the phase difference information, and transmit the command signal of which the timing is adjusted as a timing adjusted command signal to the memory device.
US12321189B2
The subject technology receives, at a first position in a user interface, a set of input strokes. The subject technology retrieves information corresponding to one or more graphical elements of the user interface, the information comprising a second position of a text input field in the user interface. The subject technology determines, based at least in part on the first position and the second position that at least a portion of the set of input strokes overlaps at least a portion of the text input field. The subject technology performs handwriting recognition on the set of input strokes to provide a set of characters corresponding to the set of input strokes. The subject technology provides the set of characters for insertion into the text input field of the user interface.
US12321178B2
A method includes receiving, while a robot traverses a building environment, sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the robot. The method includes receiving a building information model (BIM) for the environment that includes semantic information identifying one or more permanent objects within the environment. The method includes generating a plurality of localization candidates for a localization map of the environment. Each localization candidate corresponds to a feature of the environment identified by the sensor data and represents a potential localization reference point. The localization map is configured to localize the robot within the environment when the robot moves throughout the environment. For each localization candidate, the method includes determining whether the respective feature corresponding to the respective localization candidate is a permanent object in the environment and generating the respective localization candidate as a localization reference point in the localization map for the robot.
US12321177B2
An obstruction sensing system for an autonomous device can include a chassis including a drive system for movement relative to a working surface, a shell resiliently mounted to the chassis and movable relative to the chassis in response to a force applied to the shell, a sensor assembly comprising a single sensor disposed on the chassis and a magnet disposed on and movable with the shell in response to the force applied to the shell, wherein the sensor is configured to output a three-axis magnetic flux vector in response to a movement of the magnet. A sensing method for an autonomous device can include detecting a polarity change in the sensor and in response determining that an obstruction has been detected, evaluating, by a processing component, a three-axis magnetic flux vector, and calculating at least one of a direction and a magnitude of a deflection based on the evaluation.
US12321171B2
The present disclosure relates to an autonomous vehicle and a remote control request method therefor. An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides an autonomous vehicle including: a processor configured to determine whether the autonomous vehicle is in a state in which remote control is enabled to be performed when the remote control of the autonomous vehicle is required, and to request a control system to perform the remote control when the autonomous vehicle is in the state in which the remote control is enabled to be performed; and a communication device configured to perform communication with the control system under control of the processor.
US12321163B2
A regression model reflecting causality between variation of an explanatory variable and variation of a response variable is constructed. A prediction apparatus predicts characteristic values of a product by using process data obtained from a production facility. The prediction apparatus includes a process data acquisition unit that reads the process data from a storage device that stores the process data obtained from the production facility, and a prediction model generation unit that generates a prediction model on the basis of causality information that defines a combination of first process data and second process data or a value corresponding to the second process data. The first process data and the second process data or the value corresponding to the second process data are included in the read process data. The first process data is used as a predetermined explanatory variable. The second process data or the value corresponding to the second process data is used as response variable. The prediction model has learned features of the process data obtained from the production facility. The prediction model generation unit generates the prediction model and determines a positive/negative variation direction of the response variable in accordance with a positive/negative variation direction of the predetermined explanatory variable.
US12321146B2
An industrial topology discovery system autonomously discovers and documents industrial automation system topologies using orchestrated discovery agents of various types. The topology discovery system can reside on a cloud platform or another high level network and deploy discovery agents on plant networks and devices within an industrial facility. These discovery agents can implement different strategies for discovering system information, and can include agents configured to monitor and report on communication traffic across respective types of networks, agents configured to probe respective device types for identity and configuration information, and other types of agents. Discovery services executed by the topology discovery system can collect device and network information obtained by the agents and use this information to document the topology of the automation system as well as to orchestrate the discovery behavior of the agents to extract further information about the system based on defined discovery rules.
US12321144B2
An AI-based platform for automated labor law compliance associated with mining operations is disclosed. The AI-based platform includes a governance system for a mining operation and a reporting system for conveying at least one parameter that is sensed by a sensor of a mine of the mining operation, wherein the at least one parameter is associated with a compliance of the mining operation with a set of labor standards. In some embodiments, the set of labor standards is associated with at least one activity performed by a laborer of the mine, and the AI-based platform conveys an indication of a performance of the activity by the laborer. In some embodiments, the set of labor standards is associated with at least one object associated with a laborer of the mine, and the AI-based platform conveys an indication of a detection of the at least one object.
US12321142B2
The present embodiments relate to detecting instances of individuals being in peril within an independent or assisted living environment. According to certain aspects, with an individual's permission or affirmative consent, a hardware controller (such as a smart or interconnected home controller, or even a mobile device) may receive and analyze sensor data detected within the independent or assisted living environment to determine whether an individual may be in peril. In this circumstance, the hardware controller may generate a notification that indicates the situation and may communicate the notification to a proper individual, such as a family member or care giver, who may be in a position to mitigate or alleviate any risks posed by the situation. The foregoing functionality also may be used by an insurance provider to generate, update, or adjust insurance policies, premiums, rates, or discounts, and/or make recommendations to an insured individual.
US12321140B2
Some embodiments of the teachings herein include a motion control method. An example includes: creating a motion control model; training an online reinforcement learning model using the model; producing feedback with a controlled object, a model control value, and an initial control value; calculating a reward using the control value and the feedback; generating a residual control value using the online reinforcement learning model based on the reward, the model control value, and the feedback; controlling motion of the object with the residual control value and the model control value; sending the motion control model, the model control value, the feedback, and the reward to the cloud; training an offline model with the motion control model, the model control value, the feedback value, and the reward; and updating the existing online model using the offline model or deploying the offline model in a motion control system without an online model.
US12321134B2
The disclosure provides a display device and a holographic display apparatus. The display device includes a display panel including a first linear polarizer located on a light-emitting side, so that the display panel emits linearly polarized image light; and a phase modulation panel disposed on the light-emitting side of the display panel and configured to perform phase modulation on the linearly polarized image light. The holographic display apparatus includes the display device.
US12321129B2
A cartridge includes a drum unit and a developing unit. The developing unit is mountable in a space between first and second walls of the drum unit. While the developing unit is being mounted to the drum unit, in a posture in which the drum unit is mounted in the main assembly, the handle portion is moved downward in a direction of gravity and the developing unit is rotated so that the developing roller is moved closer to the photosensitive drum. In a state in which the developing unit is mounted to the drum unit, an urged portion of the developing unit is urged by an urging portion of the drum unit so that the developing roller and the photosensitive drum are in contact with each other.
US12321117B2
In a fixing device, a connection portion of a first power supply terminal is at a position closer to one end portion of a heater in a longitudinal direction of the heater than a contact portion of the first power supply terminal, and a connection portion of a second power supply terminal is at a position closer to the other end portion of the heater in the longitudinal direction than a contact portion of the second power supply terminal. A power supply cable connected to the connection portion of the first power supply terminal extends toward the one end portion of the heater, and a power supply cable connected to the connection portion of the second power supply terminal is bent from extending toward the other end portion of the heater to extend toward the one end portion of the heater.
US12321116B2
An example fuser includes a rotatable pressure roller, a fusing belt to externally contact the pressure roller, a heater inside the fusing belt to heat the fusing belt, a nip plate including a surface facing the pressure roller to internally contact the fusing belt, a nip forming member inside the fusing belt to press the nip plate toward the pressure roller, and a heat transfer member, between the nip plate and the nip forming member, comprising a first area corresponding to a maximum width of a printing medium that is to pass the fuser and a second area at both sides of the first area.
US12321115B2
A heating apparatus includes a heater, a holding member, and a heat equalization member. In a case where a direction of a long side of a first surface of the heater is defined as a longitudinal direction, a direction of the first surface perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is defined as a transverse direction, and a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction is defined as a thickness direction, the heat equalization member is between the heater and the holding member in the thickness direction and includes, in the longitudinal direction, first and second abutment regions that abut against the heater and a first non-abutment region that does not abut against the heater. The first abutment region, the first non-abutment region, and the second abutment region are arranged in this order as viewed from one end toward another end of the heater in the longitudinal direction.
US12321109B2
An image forming apparatus includes an attaching portion including an operation member configured to be movable together with a container shutter, a toner storage portion configured to store toner received from a receiving port, an actuator configured to regulate a movement of the operation member, and a control unit configured to control the actuator. The operation member is configured to open and close the container shutter from an outside in a state in which the toner container is attached to the attaching portion. In a case where a predetermined condition is met, the control unit controls the actuator to release a regulation of the movement of the operation member.
US12321105B2
A projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography comprises an optical element and a temperature recording device for detecting a temperature on a surface of the optical element via electromagnetic radiation emanating from the surface of the optical element. The temperature recording device can comprise a filter for filtering the electromagnetic radiation.
US12321102B2
A system and methods for Advance Process Control (APC) in semiconductor manufacturing include: for each of a plurality of waiter sites, receiving a pre-process set of scatterometric training data, measured before implementation of a processing step, receiving a corresponding post-process set of scatterometric training data measured after implementation of the process step, and receiving a set of process control knob training data indicative of process control knob settings applied during implementation of the process step; and generating a machine learning model correlating variations in the pre-process sets of scatterometric training data and the corresponding process control knob training data with the corresponding post-process sets of scatterometric training data, to train the machine learning model to recommend changes to process control knob settings to compensate for variations in the pre-process scatterometric data.
US12321093B2
A method for obtaining exposure data may be provided. MTO (Mask Tape Out) design data for a mask pattern may be received. A mask data preparation operation with respect to the MTO design data may be performed to obtain exposure data. Two-dimensional contours of a plurality of types of test patterns in an exposure mask may be extracted through simulation using a mask process model. First critical dimensions may be measured at measurement points of the contour of each of the plurality of types of test patterns by using a metrology algorithm. The first critical dimensions may be averaged to obtain a first average critical dimension for each of the plurality of types of test patterns. Second critical dimensions in consideration of dispersion in each of the plurality of types of test patterns may be measured using an inverse function of a standard normal distribution, and the second critical dimensions may be averaged to obtain a second average critical dimension for each of the plurality of types of test patterns. A mean to target (MTT) value may be calculated as a difference between the second average critical dimension and a target critical dimension for each of the plurality of types of test patterns. Differences between ones of the MTT values may be calculated. When one or more of the differences between the ones of the MTT values may is outside of a tolerance threshold, the exposure data may be corrected.
US12321085B2
A conventional submersible camera utilizes an O-ring to waterproof the interior of the camera housing. Larger components are required to accommodate this O-ring, which increases the cost and size of the submersible camera. Disclosed embodiments utilize a sealing ring between a circumferential edge of a lens dome and the housing. These embodiments may also utilize a circular printed circuit board that lies in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the submersible camera. Advantageously, these features enable the submersible camera to be more compact and manufactured at lower cost.
US12321071B2
An electronic device includes a conductive structure, a semiconductor, a first insulation layer and a second insulation layer. The semiconductor is electrically connected to the conductive structure. The first insulation layer is disposed between the conductive structure and the second insulation layer. The first insulation layer includes a first hole, and the first hole overlaps a part of the conductive structure. The second insulation layer includes a second hole, and the first hole and the second hole at least partially overlap. Along a direction, a width of the second hole is less than a width of the first hole.
US12321066B2
An intelligent window includes two substrates and a dimming layer. Each substrate is electrically connected to a voltage source. A switchable electric field is formed between the two substrates. The dimming layer is formed by filling a liquid crystal material between the two substrates. The liquid crystal material is formed by mixing a chiral molecule, a dichroic dye, and a salt ion in a nematic liquid crystal. A weight percentage concentration of the chiral molecule in the liquid crystal material is determined according to a limitation formula (I). C is the weight percentage concentration, n is a birefringence index of the liquid crystal material, p is a chiral force of the chiral molecule in micrometer−1, D is a thickness of the dimming layer in micrometer, m1 is a constant of multiaxial absorption condition in micrometer, and m2 is a constant of normally transparent condition. n 4 pm 1 ≤ C ≤ m 2 Dp ( I )
US12321061B1
The invention discloses a diffusion plate for use in a backlight module with a low optical path distance (OD), which can be assembled on a backlight module with a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as the light source below. Different diffusion particle additives are added to the surface layers and the main layer of the diffusion plate, and then extrude it with foaming extrusion technology. By making different combinations of the refractive index and the amount of the original resin materials, microbubbles, and diffusion particle additives of the surface layers and the main layer, the light refractive index of the upper and lower surface layers is substantially greater than which of the main layer. Such that, the light emitted by the light source below can be diffused more effectively, and thereby achieving a better shading effect of MURA, so as to produce a uniform surface light source.
US12321057B2
A method of manufacturing a display device, the method including: forming a display panel including pixels; forming a first substrate on the display panel, wherein a polarization control layer is to be formed on the first substrate; aligning a first alignment mark of a second substrate with a first alignment mark of the first substrate, wherein a lens layer is to be formed on the second substrate; forming the second substrate on the first substrate; aligning a first alignment mark of a third substrate with the first alignment mark of the second substrate; and forming the third substrate on the second substrate.
US12321050B2
The disclosure is directed to devices, systems, and methods for performing quantum state-mediated microwave-to-optical energy conversion. Such quantum state-mediated energy conversion may be achieved via coherent interactions between an optical excitation and microwave electric field mediated by various quantum states in a defect embedded in a crystalline lattice. Such energy conversion enables coherent electro-optical modulation of optical emission from the defect, microwave-optical transduction, optical detection of microwave, and optical frequency mixing in the optical emission from the defect. The optical emission from the defect maintains and carries quantum coherence in the defect. Such devices and methods may be applied in quantum information processing systems.
US12321044B2
Described herein are systems and/or methods for forming an ophthalmic lens. An example method may comprise a step of determining a power profile based on a power profile function defined by a base optical power, an amount of spherical aberration at a radial distance from a geometric center of the lens, and a bump function. The example method may comprise a step of adjusting the power profile based at least on minimizing a shape metric of a through-focus curve.
US12321039B2
An image capturing lens system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power while having a convex object-side surface, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having negative refractive power with a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, and a sixth lens having positive refractive power.
US12321030B2
An optical cable includes a plurality of buffer tubes and an outer jacket surrounding the plurality of buffer tubes. Each of the plurality of buffer tubes includes a buffer tube jacket surrounding a plurality of flexible ribbons. The buffer tube jacket includes a first deformable material that has undergone deformation during formation of the optical cable to conform to an irregular axial cross-sectional shape of each respective plurality of flexible ribbons. Each flexible ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers and a first longitudinal length. For each flexible ribbon, each optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers is attached to an adjacent optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers along a bond region comprising a second longitudinal length that is less than the first longitudinal length. The cable has a fiber density between about 5.0 and about 10 fibers/mm2.
US12321022B2
A photonic chip includes a substrate, an electrical isolation region formed over the substrate, and a front end of line (FEOL) region formed over the electrical isolation region. The photonic chip also includes an optical coupling region. The electrical isolation region and the FEOL region and a portion of the substrate are removed within the optical coupling region. A top surface of a the substrate within the optical coupling region includes a plurality of grooves configured to receive and align a plurality of optical fibers. The grooves are formed at a vertical depth within the substrate to provide for alignment of optical cores of the plurality of optical fibers with the FEOL region when the plurality of optical fibers are positioned within the plurality of grooves within the optical coupling region.
US12321018B2
Dust plug assemblies and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dust plug assembly includes a dust plug body having a lanyard receiving feature, and a sealing sleeve attached to an end of the dust plug body. The sealing sleeve has a passageway therethrough, and the lanyard receiving feature is disposed within the passageway. The dust plug body and the sealing sleeve define a primary groove. The dust plug assembly further includes a lanyard having an attachment feature. The attachment feature is coupled to the lanyard receiving feature, and the lanyard and the sealing sleeve define a secondary groove.
US12321007B2
Method of laser modifying an optical fibre to form a modified region at a target location within the fibre, comprising positioning at least a portion of an optical fibre in a laser system for modification by a laser, applying a correction to an active optical element of the laser system to modify wavefront properties of the laser to counteract an effect of aberration on laser focus, and laser modifying the optical fibre at the target location using the laser with the corrected wavefront properties to produce the modified region.
US12321001B2
Provided are a polarizing plate for antireflection including a polarizer, and a protective layer formed on at least one surface of the polarizer, wherein the polarizing plate has a single transmittance of 44.6% or more and a degree of polarization of 98% or more and satisfies 0≤[(orthogonal a*)2+(orthogonal b*)2]0.5≤16, and a display device including the polarizing plate. The polarizing plate for antireflection can exhibit high transmittance while preventing blue-shift phenomenon and having neutral reflection color. Further, the polarizing plate for antireflection can be made thinner.
US12321000B2
Film stacks comprise a quarter-wave retarder and a transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer disposed on a major surface of the quarter-wave retarder. The transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer has a glass transition temperature in a range from 11 to 27° C. and a Tan Delta peak value in a range from 0.5 to 2.5.
US12320993B2
Light control films comprise a light input surface and alight output surface opposite the light input surface and alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions disposed between the light input surface and the light output surface. The absorptive regions have an aspect ratio of at least 30 and are canted in the same direction. The alternating transmissive regions and absorbing regions have a maximum relative transmission at a viewing angle other than 0 degrees.
US12320980B2
Techniques for updating a position of overlaid image content using IMU data to reflect subsequent changes in camera positions to minimize latency effects are disclosed. A “system camera” refers to an integrated camera that is a part of an HMD. An “external camera” is a camera that is separated from the HMD. The system camera and the external camera generate images. These images are overlaid on one another and aligned to form an overlaid image. Content from the external camera image is surrounded by a bounding element in the overlaid image. IMU data associated with both the system camera and the external camera is obtained. Based on that IMU data, an amount of movement that the system camera and/or the external camera have moved since the images were originally generated is determined. Based on that movement, the bounding element is shifted to a new position in the overlaid image.
US12320979B2
An optical device is disclosed for use in an augmented reality or virtual reality display, comprising a waveguide (12; 22; 32) and an input diffractive optical element (H0; H3; 34) positioned in or on the waveguide, configured to receive light from a projector and couple it into the waveguide so that it is captured within the waveguide under total internal reflection. The input diffractive optical element has an input grating vector (G0; Gig) in the plane of the waveguide. The device includes a first diffractive optical element (H1; H4) and a second diffractive optical element (H2; H5) having first and second grating vectors (G2, G3; GV1, GV2) respectively in the plane of the waveguide, wherein the first diffractive optical element is configured to receive light from the input diffractive optical element and to couple it towards the second diffractive optical element, and wherein the second diffractive optical element is configured to receive light from the first diffractive optical element and to couple it out of the waveguide towards a viewer. The input grating vector, the first grating vector and the second grating vector have different respective magnitudes, and wherein a vector addition of the input grating vector, the first grating vector and the second grating vector sums to zero.
US12320974B2
A light control apparatus, a passive light-emitting image source and a head-up display system are provided. The head-up display system includes a light source, a collimator element, a light concentrator element, a diffuser element, a liquid crystal panel and a transflective reflection device for displaying; the collimator element is configured to adjust an exit direction of light emitted by the light source into a preset angle range; the light concentrator element is configured to concentrate the light emitted by the light source; the diffuser element is configured to diffuse the light emitted by the light source; the liquid crystal panel is configured to convert the light emitted by the light source into imaging light, and allow the imaging light to be incident on the reflection device for displaying; and the reflection device for displaying is configured to reflect the imaging light to a preset region.
US12320964B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, disposed in order from an object side, and a first reflection member and a second reflection member, disposed on an object side of the first lens, each having a freeform surface.
US12320952B2
An optical member 10 includes an antireflection coating 12 on a substrate 11. The antireflection coating 12 includes a resin layer 4 and a modified cross-section fiber 1 bound to the resin layer 4. The modified cross-section fiber includes a core and a plurality of protrusions 3 extending from the core. The protrusions 3 of the modified cross-section fiber 1 have extremities protruding from a surface of the resin layer 4.
US12320951B2
Implementations of an ocular contact lens may include a curved surface on a first side, a flat surface on a second side opposing the first side, and one or more chamfered edges between the first side and the second side where the one or more chamfered edges has a wider circumference near the flat surface. A straight edge may be included between the curved surface and the one or more chamfered edges oriented perpendicular with the flat surface along with a light source circling and contact at least a portion of the one or more chamfered edges.
US12320948B2
This invention is related to the method providing computation of the signal frequency components in an acceptable accuracy in contravention of the shifts in the phase and the magnitude information caused by asynchronous sampling of the signals in the process of asynchronous sampling of metal detectors wherein the received signal by the receiver unit (4) divided into time intervals, say timing values those are far shorter than the sampling period and correspond to nearest probable sampling of the ADC (6); providing the computation of the sine and cosine coefficients or exponents of time constant coefficients of the said timing value from previously located or dynamically generated coefficient table; resulting the elimination of the requirement of synchronous sampling and the requirement of the signal period is multiple of the sampling period.
US12320947B2
A method for detecting a target using a metal detector by producing at least two different modulated audio tones, by modulating a first audio tone with a first stereo audio modulator signal and modulating a second audio tone with a second stereo audio modulator signal; and applying at least the first audio tone to a left side of an audio stereo target indicator indicative of the target, and applying at least the second audio tone to a right side of the audio stereo target indicator. The modulating of the first audio tone and modulating of the second audio tone, includes one or more of the following; a modulation of a volume of a tone, a modulation of a pitch of a tone, a modulation of relative harmonics ratios of a tone, a modulation of a chord richness of a tone.
US12320942B2
A sensor module, including a main body shell and a sensing device provided in the main body shell; the sensing device includes a sensor, an upper cover plate, a lower cover plate and a circuit plate; the sensor is mounted on the circuit plate; the upper cover plate and the lower cover plate are respectively mounted on the upper and lower sides of the circuit plate, and are configured to support the main body shell and fix the circuit plate; an accommodation cavity for storing an insulating fluid is provided between the upper cover plate and the circuit plate, between the upper cover plate and the sensor, and between the lower cover plate and the circuit plate; and a first acoustic window is provided at a portion of the upper cover plate located above the sensor. Further disclosed are a sensor assembly and an acoustic logging tool.
US12320941B2
Method and apparatus for performing a seismic full waveform inversion independent of a source wavelet to generate a final velocity model of subsurface formations of a survey region are provided. The method includes positioning seismic data recording sensors in the survey region; blasting at points of incidence in the survey region to generate seismic waves; and sensing and recording the seismic waves using the seismic data recording sensor. The recorded seismic waves are seismic data. The method further includes transmitting the seismic data to a computer system including one or more memories and storing the seismic data in one or more memories; storing a source wavelet in the one or more memories; performing, by the computer system, a forward modeling operation using the source wavelet; and generating, by the computer system, the final velocity model for the seismic full waveform inversion using the forward modeling operation.
US12320933B2
A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner is provided having a plurality of detector subsystems, including processing circuitry to determine, for each detector subsystem of the plurality of detector subsystems, a singles count loss correction factor of the detector subsystem; determine, for each detector subsystem pair of a plurality of pairs of the detector subsystems, a coincidence count loss correction factor for the detector subsystem pair; calculate a scanner coincidence count loss correction factor for the PET scanner based on the coincidence count loss correction factors determined for the plurality of pairs of the detector subsystems; and reconstruct an image based on the calculated scanner count loss correction factor and scan data acquired from a scan of a patient performed using the PET scanner.
US12320923B2
A computer-implemented method for detecting a target amidst clutter by a radar system able to transmit individual electromagnetic signals, wherein a sequence of the transmit signals are sent from first to last on separate transmit antennae, receive the signals reflected off the target and the clutter, and process the received signals. The method includes determining a baseband signal for each of the transmit signals; calculating a signal convolution matrix for each of the transmit signals; estimating a clutter amplitude for each range cell; calculating a clutter correlation matrix for the clutter; determining a noise variance for the transmitted signals; calculating an interference correlation matrix for the transmit signals; and forming a target detector for the radar system. The target detector for the radar system further includes sequentially processing the reflection signals, rejecting cross talk from the clutter correlation matrix, and increasing a signal-to-interference ratio, thereby optimizing the detectability of the target.
US12320921B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for phased array calibration based on CNN-LSTM using power measurement, comprising: establishing a phased array calibration signal model, and utilizing a program to conveniently obtain a large amount of data for training a neural network without the need for actual measurements; converting and preprocessing the generated data, and saving as a training dataset in the form of feature data and labels; establishing a CNN-LSTM network, and inputting the training data with labels into the CNN-LSTM network for training until the CNN-LSTM network converges to obtain the final calibration model; measuring the phased array to be measured to obtain feature data, obtaining a calibration result of the phased array by inputting the feature data into the calibration model obtained from the training. The method is designed to solve problems of low calibration accuracy, low measurement efficiency, and high instrumentation requirements of the existing phased array calibration processes, and the proposed calibration method has a very high calibration efficiency, and the number of measurements required is much lower than that of all current power measurement-based calibration methods.
US12320913B2
This document describes techniques and systems for indoor localization using Bluetooth high-accuracy distance measurement (HADM). In examples, the described systems and techniques perform a signal-strength scan to identify multiple anchor points and then pair, based on the signal-strength scan, the tagged device with a first anchor point of the identified anchor points. A HADM time slot is set for the first anchor point and at least two additional anchor points of the identified anchor points. A HADM event is initiated, the HADM event including sending a HADM ping and receiving HADM responses from two or more of the identified anchor points. Based on at least a time of receipt of HADM responses received from the two or more of the identified anchor points, the location of the tagged device is calculated.
US12320911B2
A method, apparatus and system for determining change in pose of a mobile device include determining from first ranging information received at a first and a second receiver on the mobile device from a stationary node during a first time instance, a distance from the stationary node to the first receiver and the second receiver, determining from second ranging information received at the first receiver and the second receiver from the stationary node during a second time instance, a distance from the stationary node to the first receiver and second receiver, and determining from the determined distances during the first time instance and the second time instance, how far and in which direction the first receiver and the second receiver moved between the first time instance and the second time instance to determine a change in pose of the mobile device, where a position of the stationary node is unknown.
US12320906B2
An assisted satellite positioning system based on detecting signals from a number of satellites includes: (a) a mobile receiver; and (b) a base station communicating with the receiver over a low-power wireless communication network, the base station providing ephemeris data of a selected number of the satellites, but not all, using a compressed data format. The ephemeris data may include data concerning doppler frequency variations or elevation variations of the selected satellites over a predetermined time interval. The doppler frequency variations and the elevation variations may be represented in the compressed format by coefficients of a polynomial function of time. The polynomial function may be weighted to have lesser relative errors in larger doppler frequencies than lesser doppler frequencies, or to have lesser relative errors in lesser elevations than larger elevations. In one implementation, the low-power wireless communication network—such as a LoRa network—that has a range of at least 10 miles.
US12320901B2
The present disclosure is of an atmospheric characterization system that has a central processing board that has a first and a second communication interface. Further, the atmospheric characterization system further has a first precision temperature sensor that is communicatively coupled to the central processing board via the first communication interface and positioned a distance from a first side of the processing board, wherein the precision temperature measures a first temperature and transfers data indicative of the first temperature to the central processing board. In addition, the atmospheric characterization system has a second precision temperature sensor that is communicatively coupled to the central processing board via the second communication interface and positioned the distance from a second opposing side of the processing board such that the first precision temperature sensor and the second precision temperature sensor are equidistance from the processing board and a distance between the first precision sensor and the second precision sensor is a predetermined distance, r, and the second precision temperature sensor measures a second temperature and transfers data indicative of the second temperature to the central processing board simultaneously with the transferring of the first temperature. Additionally, the atmospheric characterization system has a processor that receives the first temperature and the second temperature and calculates a value indicative of atmospheric turbulence based upon the first temperature and the second temperature, wherein the value indicative of the atmospheric turbulence is used for designing, modifying, calibrating, or correcting an optical system.
US12320891B2
A GPR system the implements a modified multistatic mode of operation is provided. The GPR is suitable for mounting on an unmanned aerial vehicle. The GPR system has radar transceivers. The GPR system transmits transmit signal serially via the transceivers. For each transceiver that transmits a transmit signal, the GPR system receives a return signal acquired by each transceiver except for a return signal for the transceiver that transmits the transmit signal. The GPR system outputs of matrix of return signals that includes a null value for the return signals of the transceivers that transmit.
US12320882B2
A method is provided for determining source match of a test system including an RF source, a vector network analyzer (VNA) and a test port. The method includes connecting a first calibration standard to the test port; generating an RF signal using the RF source, and applying the RF signal to the first calibration standard; measuring a first incident signal of the RF signal at a first receiver of the test system, and measuring a first reflected signal at a second receiver of the test system; connecting a second calibration standard to the test port; measuring a second incident signal of the RF signal at the first receiver of the test system, and measuring a second reflected signal at the second receiver of the test system; and determining the source match of the test system using the first incident and reflected signals and the second incident and reflected signals.
US12320881B2
In a method for the optimized acquisition of diffusion-weighted measurement data of an object under examination using a magnetic resonance (MR) system, a first set of diffusion-weighted measurement data is captured by excitation, and, in an acquisition phase, acquisition of at least one position-encoded echo signal, where prior to the acquisition phase, diffusion gradients are switched for diffusion encoding of the diffusion-weighted measurement data in a diffusion preparation phase, and at least one further set of diffusion-weighted measurement data is captured by excitation, and, in an acquisition phase, acquisition of at least one further position-encoded echo signal, where prior to the acquisition phase, diffusion gradients are switched for diffusion encoding of the diffusion-weighted measurement data in the associated diffusion preparation phase. The diffusion gradients switched in consecutive diffusion preparation phases may have an inverted polarity.
US12320879B2
The exemplary embodiments provides an apparatus and a method for reconstructing an electrical conductivity map which reconstruct an electrical conductivity map for high resolution clinical data with a low SNR by generating virtual magnetic resonance imaging data and ground-truth electrical conductivity map data based on simulated data and adding a noise to the virtual magnetic resonance imaging data to train a previously designed deep learning network.
US12320876B2
A sensor element for checking the authenticity of a flat data carrier, in particular a banknote, with a spin resonance feature, includes a magnetic core with an air gap into which the flat data carrier is insertable for authenticity checking, an element for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap, a modulation coil for generating a time-varying magnetic field in the air gap, and a resonator for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be checked and for capturing the signal response of the spin resonance feature. The magnetic core of the sensor element is at least partially formed of an eddy current damping magnetic material.
US12320875B2
Aspects of the invention are directed to coil positioning apparatuses, systems, and methods of employing the same. One portable head coil apparatus is provided for use with a magnetic resonance imaging system. The portable head coil apparatus includes a base having at least one coil array comprising at least two coil elements. The base is positionable relative to the patients head and has a receiving portion defining a receiving surface positionable adjacent the patient positioning device. The portable head coil apparatus includes an extension movable relative to the base and having at least one coil array comprising at least two coil elements. The extension defines an inner surface having a curvature the degree of which is greater than that of the receiving surface of the base. The inner surface of the extension and the receiving surface of the base together at least partially define an imaging region therebetween.
US12320869B2
A magnetic sensor includes a magnetic-field detector including magneto-resistance elements, and a shield. Since the feedback coil is disposed so as to overlap with the magnetic-field detector, and the shield is disposed so as to overlap with the feedback coil, the cancellation field of the feedback coil makes it difficult to cause magnetization saturation. The shield is annular in shape as viewed from a direction normal to the shield. This allows maintaining the magnetic-field shielding action of the shield to enhance the effect of shielding the magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the sensitivity.
US12320868B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to one or more particles that move within a container in response to a magnetic field. A measurement circuit is configured to output an indication of the magnetic field based on position of the one or more particles.
US12320867B2
A sensor integrated circuit includes a sensing element configured to generate a sensor output signal proportional to a sensed parameter, a front-end amplifier coupled to receive the sensor output signal and configured to generate an amplifier output signal, and a sigma-delta modulator coupled to receive the amplifier output signal and configured to generate a digital sensor output signal indicative of the sensed parameter. At least one of the front-end amplifier or the sigma-delta modulator has an adjustable setting configured to change a resolution of the digital sensor output signal.
US12320850B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus is used for performing a scan test on a chip. In certain configurations, the apparatus includes an internal voltage source on a same die of the chip. The internal voltage source receives a constant voltage. The internal voltage source generates an internal voltage based on the constant voltage. The internal voltage is maintained at a lower voltage level in a capture phase of the scan test, and is increased from the lower voltage level to a high voltage level at a start of a shift phase of the scan test and reduced from the high voltage level to the lower voltage level at an end of the shift phase.
US12320846B2
An electronic device and a method for performing clock gating in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes at least one function circuit, a device under test (DUT) circuit and at least one gating circuit. The function circuit is configured to operate according to at least one primary clock, and the DUT circuit is configured to operate according to at least one secondary clock. In addition, the clock gating circuit is configured to control whether to enable the primary clock according to at least one primary enable signal, and control whether to enable the secondary clock according to the primary enable signal and a secondary enable signal.
US12320840B2
An electronic device includes a test control circuit configured to generate test codes, configured to generate reference voltages voltage levels of which are adjusted responsive to the test codes, and configured to generate a test current the amount of which is adjusted responsive to the reference voltages and an internal voltage detection circuit configured to generate a detection signal for controlling the driving of an internal voltage by detecting the internal voltage responsive to the test current.
US12320839B2
Techniques for performing efficient automatic test-pattern generation (ATPG) are disclosed. ATPG may be performed by ATPG workers whose fault states are synchronized by an ATPG manager. In some embodiments, test-pattern generation by a ATPG worker may be performed multiple times with minimal idle time between generation and fault simulation intervals. Synchronization schemes may be synchronous or asynchronous. In asynchronous schemes, an ATPG worker may determine staleness of its fault state. If the fault state is stale, the ATPG worker may poll the ATPG manager to update the fault state to the current fault state of the ATPG manager which includes information on faults detected (including duplicate faults) by other ATPG workers. In synchronous schemes, fault states may be synchronized without polling by the ATPG worker. The synchronization of fault states via communication between manager and workers may reduce duplication and idle time, hence improving the time efficiency of ATPG workers.
US12320836B2
In an insulation inspection method for detecting creeping discharge that occurs in a coil in an armature, a predetermined impulse voltage is applied to the coil, and an electrical current value of a current that flows to a current detector that is connected to the coil is detected. The detected electrical current value is analyzed to acquire a relationship between a frequency and an electrical current value spectrum in the detected electrical current value. Based on the acquired relationship, a total sum of electrical current value spectrum areas in a high-frequency band is calculated as a high-frequency spectrum area. The high-frequency band differs from a predetermined low-frequency band in which partial discharge that occurs in a portion of a thin coating of the wire configuring the coil can be detected. Based on a magnitude of the calculated high-frequency spectrum area, creeping discharge that occurs in the coil is detected.
US12320832B2
A signal receiving device includes a first receiving circuit, a second receiving circuit, a third receiving circuit and a light-emitting device. The first receiving circuit is configured to receive a first electromagnetic wave and obtain a first signal from the first electromagnetic wave. The second receiving circuit is coupled to the first receiving circuit, and is configured to amplify an amplitude of the first signal output from the first receiving circuit to obtain a second signal. The third receiving circuit is configured to receive a third signal and output a fourth signal. The light-emitting device is coupled between the second receiving circuit and the third receiving circuit, and is configured to be in an off state when the second signal is the same as the fourth signal and in a light-emitting state when the second signal is different from the fourth signal.
US12320829B2
Various examples are provided for on-state voltage sensing for in-situ monitoring and prognostics. In one example, an on-state monitoring circuit includes clamping circuitry including high-side and low-side voltage clamping circuits associated with high-side and low-side switching devices of a half-bridge (HB) leg of an converter, on-state voltage circuitry including high-side and low-side voltage measurement circuits, the high-side and low-side circuits referenced to the positive and negative buses of the converter respectively, and output circuitry including high-side and low-side isolation circuits that provide isolated outputs referenced to a control ground of the converter. In another example, an on-state voltage measurement circuit includes clamping circuitry including high-side and low-side voltage clamping circuits referenced to a common point between high-side and low-side switching devices of a HB leg, on-state voltage circuitry including high-side and low-side voltage measurement circuits and a voltage merger circuit, and output circuitry including an isolation circuit providing a single output containing both high-side on-state voltage and low-side on-state voltage.
US12320826B1
Provided is a single-molecule force spectroscopy-infrared spectroscopy (SMFS-IR) coupling method and system, and a device, relating to the field of SMFS. An optical path system module obtains and sends a deflection signal of a cantilever. A lock-in amplifier obtains a resonance frequency. A processor module assigns the resonance frequency as a pulse repetition frequency to a signal generator. Co-frequency electrical signals are generated. A trigger signal is transmitted to an infrared laser. A reference signal is transmitted to the lock-in amplifier. A photothermal detector converts a laser intensity into laser power. The lock-in amplifier demodulates the deflection signal of the cantilever to obtain a cantilever amplitude. The processor module obtains an amplitude-wavenumber curve. Original SMFS-IR data of a sample under test is obtained. The original SMFS-IR data of the sample under test is divided by the laser power, and a photoacoustic noise is removed to obtain a real detection result.
US12320824B2
A device for measuring a level of a physical condition includes a sensor configured to sense the physical condition and to produce an electrical output indicative of the sensed physical condition, the sensor having an input and an output, a direct voltage source connected to the sensor input, a current regulator connected in an electrical path between the direct voltage source and the sensor input, and a voltmeter connected in parallel with the sensor such that a voltage detected by the voltmeter is indicative of the level of the sensed physical condition.
US12320819B2
Coordinated conveyors in an automated system. A system comprises a plurality of conveyors, which each comprise a plurality of segments, and one or more stations. An instruction is received to perform an operation that requires at least one station to process at least a first item held by a first segment of a first conveyor and a second item held by a second segment of a second conveyor. In response to the instruction, one or both of the first and second conveyors are moved, such that the first segment and the second segment are aligned at the station. After alignment, one or more instruments of the station process the first item and the second item.
US12320815B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for detecting the presence of ubiquitination in a sample. The compositions include synthetic peptides containing a high affinity ubiquitin binding domain and an additional peptide sequence that can be coupled to materials such as resins and dyes.
US12320813B2
A method for analyzing macromolecules, including peptides, polypeptides, and proteins, employing nucleic acid encoding is disclosed.
US12320802B2
The present invention provides, in various embodiments, electrically conductive protein nanowires (e-PNs) having surface exposed peptides that confer additional sensing capabilities and/or enhance binding to other materials, as well as fusion proteins and methods for making such nanowires. The present invention also provides sensor devices comprising the nanowires.
US12320794B1
Layout optimization method of water quality monitoring points based on rf-c-som clustering algorithm
A layout optimization method of water quality monitoring points based on a RF-C-SOM clustering algorithm includes: preprocessing collected water quality data to obtain preprocessed water quality data that are used as data, and using water quality categories as labels to train a random forest model to determine feature importance of water quality indicators; selecting important features based on the feature importance and model training accuracy, performing dimensionality reduction on the preprocessed water quality data to obtain dimension-reduced data; performing a fuzzy clustering on the dimension-reduced data to obtain a water quality section classification result, and based on it, determining initial weight values of a self-organizing mapping algorithm; initializing neurons and training a self-organizing mapping network model with the initial weight values; obtaining a point clustering result through the self-organizing mapping network model; and conducting a water quality index evaluation for the point clustering result before and after screening.
US12320791B2
An equal mixture of gas flows from multiple inputs is provided to gas analysis instrumentation, despite the unequal gas flow properties of the inputs often seen in practice. E.g., due to unequal input sample line lengths. We provide gas flow symmetry into a gas manifold that provides the output(s) to the gas analysis instrument(s). Such symmetry has two parts—equal gas flow properties from a set of reference points (one reference point for each input) to the manifold, and equal pressures at the reference points. Such equal pressures can be provided for unequal input gas flow properties by having a bypass valve for each input controlled so as to equalize the pressures.
US12320782B2
Methods and systems disclosed herein use acoustic energy to determine a gap between a wafer and an integrated circuit (IC) processing system and/or determine a thickness of a material layer of the wafer during IC processing implemented by the IC processing system. An exemplary method includes emitting acoustic energy through a substrate and a material layer disposed thereover. The substrate is positioned within an IC processing system. The method further includes receiving reflected acoustic energy from a surface of the substrate and a surface of the material layer disposed thereover and converting the reflected acoustic energy into electrical signals. The electrical signals indicate a thickness of the material layer.
US12320779B2
A method of fabricating and controlling a thick-film transducer array for steering and focusing ultrasonic waves within a substrate volume is provided. A ceramic film composition can be coated on a substrate volume in one or more layers. The ceramic film can be masked with a plastic sheet out of which an electrode pattern is cut. Conductive electrode material can be applied to the pattern to create a transducer array that can be polarized with an applied electric field. A method of controlling a thick-film transducer array comprises exciting one or more array elements to generate a wavefield in a substrate volume, the wavefield can be reflected by features within the substrate volume, one or more array elements can receive reflected wavefield signals, and images of the insonified substrate volume can be generated.
US12320776B2
A gas sensor including a plate-shaped sensor element having an electrode pad on an outer surface of the sensor element on a rear end side thereof, and a metal terminal member electrically connected to the electrode pad. The metal terminal member includes a body portion and an element abutting portion extending from the body portion and bent toward the electrode pad. A portion of the element abutting portion is in contact with the electrode pad in a state in which the element abutting portion is elastically deflected. The element abutting portion has a flat main surface facing the sensor element, and a sloping surface provided on at least one of end portions in a width direction of the metal terminal member. The sloping surface is connected to the main surface and extends toward an opposite side in a thickness direction of the element abutting portion.
US12320775B2
A bioFET device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and an opposite, parallel second surface and a plurality of bioFET sensors on the semiconductor substrate. Each of the bioFET sensors includes a gate formed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and a channel region formed within the semiconductor substrate beneath the gate and between source/drain (S/D) regions in the semiconductor substrate. The channel region includes a portion of the second surface of the semiconductor substrate. An isolation layer is disposed on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate. The isolation layer has an opening positioned over the channel region of more than one bioFET sensor of the plurality of bioFET sensors. An interface layer is disposed on the channel region of the more than one bioFET sensor in the opening.
US12320772B2
A magnesium sensing membrane is disclosed for use in a potentiometric ion selective microelectrode that exhibits an increased lower detection limit. Potentiometric ion selective microelectrodes containing said magnesium sensing membranes are also disclosed. Kits containing the microelectrodes are also disclosed, along with methods of production and use of the magnesium sensing membranes and/or potentiometric ion selective microelectrodes.
US12320769B2
Wirelessly powered dielectric sensor in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In many embodiments, a wirelessly powered dielectric sensor includes an RF-power receiving antenna that receives electromagnetic power, a power management unit (PMU) including a capacitor to rectify and store the electromagnetic power, and a dielectric constant sensing sensor, where the PMU monitors harvested energy and operates the dielectric sensing sensor; and where the dielectric sensing sensor senses a dielectric constant of a material that is in close proximity.
US12320767B2
A system and method of determining a gas volume fraction in a conductive liquid includes: immersing a first electrode in the conductive liquid, wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to a resistor and a voltage source; immersing a second electrode electrically connected to the voltage source in the conductive liquid; determining resistance information indicative of an electrical resistance of the conductive liquid between the first electrode and the second electrode; and determining a gas volume fraction in the conductive liquid based on the measurement.
US12320766B2
A detection device configured to detect a decrease in heat insulation performance of a battery pack mounted at an electrically powered vehicle, the detection device including: a heat insulation performance derivation unit configured to derive a heat insulation performance value, which is an evaluation value of the heat insulation performance, based on a temperature change of the battery and an environmental temperature in a predetermined period in which the electrically powered vehicle is stopped; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the heat insulation performance value derived by the heal insulation performance derivation unit and a predetermined reference value, whether the decrease in the heat insulation performance occurs; and an output unit configured to output, when the determination unit determines that the decrease in the heat insulation performance occurs, detection information indicating that the decrease in the heat insulation performance occurs.
US12320765B2
Evaluating the quality of cyanate ester matrix resin material includes inserting a small piece of a deposit extracted from a composite laminate into an epoxy for cross-sectional analysis, and performing cross-sectional polishing on the small piece of the deposit. Evaluating the quality of the cyanate ester matrix resin material also includes performing resolution imaging to study a plurality of plies in the small piece of the deposit to evaluate each ply without causing destruction to each of the plurality of plies.
US12320764B2
Imaging technology using high energy charged particles can be used to image an object of inspection such as a blast furnace. An example method of imaging a blast furnace includes performing a first moving operation by moving a first particle tracking detector and a second particle tracking detector up or down movement along a height of the blast furnace; performing a second moving operation by moving the first particle tracking detector and the second particle tracking detector clockwise or counterclockwise movement around the blast furnace; and receiving, by the first particle tracking detector, incoming charged particles; receiving, by the second particle tracking detector, outgoing charged particles transiting through the blast furnace; and producing an image of a volume of interest located in between the first particle tracking detector and the second particle tracking detector by processing electrical signals corresponding to the received incoming and outgoing charged particles.
US12320763B2
Methods and systems for characterizing dimensions and material properties of semiconductor devices by full beam x-ray scatterometry are described herein. A full beam x-ray scatterometry measurement involves illuminating a sample with an X-ray beam and detecting the intensities of the resulting zero diffraction order and higher diffraction orders simultaneously for one or more angles of incidence relative to the sample. The simultaneous measurement of the direct beam and the scattered orders enables high throughput measurements with improved accuracy. The full beam x-ray scatterometry system includes one or more photon counting detectors with high dynamic range and thick, highly absorptive crystal substrates that absorb the direct beam with minimal parasitic backscattering. In other aspects, model based measurements are performed based on the zero diffraction order beam, and measurement performance of the full beam x-ray scatterometry system is estimated and controlled based on properties of the measured zero order beam.
US12320762B2
A method for preparing surrogate calibration standards for web gauging, is provided. The method includes providing linearizations for one or more radiometric gauges, each linearization associated with a radiometric gauge and relating the basis weight of real standards, comprising a lithium ion battery (LIB) electrode material, to transmission of the radiation through the LIB electrode material. The method also includes providing one or more surrogate standards comprising an inert material having an effective Z (Zsurrogate) substantially the same as an effective Z (Zreal) of the LIB material in the real standards. The method further includes assigning to each surrogate standard a surrogate basis weight based on a transmission of radiation through the surrogate standard and the linearizations.
US12320755B2
A thin-film deposition system deposits a thin-film on a wafer. A radiation source irradiates the wafer with excitation light. An emissions sensor detects an emission spectrum from the wafer responsive to the excitation light. A machine learning based analysis model analyzes the spectrum and detects contamination of the thin-film based on the spectrum.
US12320752B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods of calibrating a microscope or an imaging system prior to acquiring image data of a sample. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed including the steps of (a) running a power output calibration module to calibrate an imaging apparatus for repeatability; (b) running an image intensity calibration module to calibrate the imaging apparatus for reproducibility and to mitigate differences in detection efficiency between channels; (c) collecting image data from a microscope or imaging system; (d) optionally running an unmixing module to unmix the collected image data into individual image channel images; and (e) optionally running a contrast agent intensity correction module to calibrate for differences in brightness between different contrast agents.
US12320745B2
The present invention relates a sensor assembly for analyzing a complex fluid sample. The sensor assembly comprises a sample chamber for holding the complex fluid sample, the sample chamber being defined by chamber walls and having an inlet and an outlet defining a direction of flow from the inlet towards the outlet for fluid handling in the sample chamber. The sample chamber comprises a first sample space and a second sample space. The second sample space comprises a porous membrane sensor element for detecting an analyte in a continuous fraction of the complex fluid sample. The porous membrane sensor element comprises a porous membrane with a front side defining a sensor surface for contacting the fluid sample, the sensor surface facing towards the second sample space, the porous membrane comprising pores extending from respective openings at the sensor surface into the porous membrane. The pores are configured with regard to the analyte for diffusive fluid communication with the second sample space. The sample chamber further comprises a flow-perturbing element arranged upstream of the second sample space, between the first sample space and the second sample space.
US12320741B2
The present disclosure generally pertains to a polarization imaging system having: an imaging portion having a color channel element of a first color type and a color channel element of a second color type; and a light polarization portion configured to: provide a first light polarization of a first polarization type for the first color type and a second light polarization of the first polarization type for the second color type; and convert a second polarization type into the first polarization type, whereby the second polarization type is detectable in the imaging portion.
US12320740B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for acquiring polarized images attached to a thermal analysis apparatus including a pair of sample containers housing a measurement sample and a reference sample, respectively, and a heating furnace, configured to observe at least the measurement sample through a window or an opening of the heating furnace, and including an attachment section attached to the thermal analysis apparatus, a light source, a polarizer configured to polarize light emitted from the light source, a camera and an analyzer polarize light reflected from the measurement sample or the reference sample to enter the camera after the measurement sample or the reference sample is irradiated via the window or the opening with polarized light transmitted through the polarizer. A first optical path of the polarizer and a second optical path of the analyzer are not parallel, and both the polarizer and the analyzer are rotatable.
US12320739B2
A method for evaluating the delayed fracture characteristics of a metal material. The method including placing a solution-retaining material impregnated with a solution containing a chloride and having a pH of 3.5 or more on an edge face of the metal material, and maintaining a state in which the solution-retaining material is held at a deliquescence humidity of the chloride to thereby corrode the edge face.
US12320736B2
Systems and methods are provided for developing a self-contained conductivity concentration profiler (CCP) system for standalone coastal and ocean deployment. A self-contained CCP system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure can measure sediment concentration profiles and track instantaneous bed levels in sandy environments to enable better understanding of small-scale sediment transport processes in the coastal and nearshore marine environment. A self-contained CCP system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure can support unmanned and standalone deployment configuration, allowing for operation in previously unattainable areas of interest in which small-scale sediment transport processes are important but poorly understood.
US12320729B2
In a battery pack, a battery monitoring circuit is connected to a battery module including a plurality of battery cells to monitor the battery module. The detection sensor detects an electrolyte leaking in the battery module, and includes a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series between a power supply supplying a first voltage and a ground terminal, and a variable resistor connected to the first resistor in parallel and having a resistance that varies depending on the electrolyte leaking in the battery module. The detection sensor transfers, as a sensing voltage, a voltage at a contact between the first resistor and the second resistor to an input terminal of the battery monitoring circuit.
US12320727B2
A vehicle vibration method suitable for performing a test simulating a rough road, the vehicle vibration method using a vibration device that causes at least one wheel of a test target vehicle, the method including: an initial height setting step including setting a shaft distance in the front-rear direction between a front shaft and a rear shaft to an initial setting distance and setting the wheel at an initial setting height; a vibration step including performing vibration by at least one selected from a raising operation step including narrowing the shaft distance from the initial setting distance to raise the wheel from the initial setting height, and a lowering operation step including widening the shaft distance from the initial setting distance to lower the wheel from the initial setting height; and a return step including setting back the shaft distance to the initial setting distance.
US12320726B2
The invention relates to a method for determining a damage state of components, wherein damage states are determined for a component on the basis of operating states of an overall system that comprises the component by determining time-normalised stress collectives and/or load collectives for each operating state (ZBB), wherein, by means of the time-normalised stress collectives and/or load collectives for each operating state (ZBB) the damage state is determined for the component on the basis of operating states of the overall system that have occurred, and/or the prospective damage state is determined on the basis of predicted prospectively occurring operating states of the overall system that comprises the component, and/or the damage state is determined for a further component, designed similarly to the aforementioned component, depending on operating states that have occurred of a further overall system, which comprises the further component and is designed similarly to the aforementioned overall system, and/or the prospective damage state is determined on the basis of predicted prospectively occurring operating states of the further overall system that comprises the further component.
US12320715B2
Provided is an electroconductive film having a metal thin-film on a resin film base; and a temperature sensor film which is obtained by patterning the metal thin-film on the resin film base. An electroconductive film (101) which is used for the production of a temperature sensor film comprises a metal thin-film (10) on one principal surface of a resin film base (50), with a chromium oxide thin-film (21) serving as an underlying layer interposed therebetween. A temperature sensor film is obtained by patterning the metal thin-film so as to form a thermometric resistor part and a lead part that is connected to the thermometric resistor part.
US12320709B1
A temperature sensor capable of taking contact method temperature measurements in extreme temperature environments includes a heterogenous ceramic fiber formed of two materials having different compositions, the heterogenous fiber including a junction between the first and second materials.
US12320687B2
Described here are systems and methods that utilize visual imagery and an optical flow-based computer vision algorithm to measure river velocity in streams or other flowing bodies of water. The systems and methods described in the present disclosure overcome the barriers of conventional flow measurement techniques by providing a fast, non-intrusive, remote method to measure peak flows.
US12320686B2
A flowmeter with ribbed housings for accommodating transducers. The ribbed housings may be of a profile to attenuate or dampen acoustic noise which occurs as a transducer emits frequencies across housing walls toward a fluid flow path of the flowmeter. Thus, as transducers receive flow velocity data, it may be collected for analysis in a manner that substantially eliminates the inclusion of noise within the data to be analyzed. Once more, this is achieved in a manner that utilizes a monolithic housing in place of a segmented or multi-component housing that is prone to include polymeric and other parts subject to premature wear and failure.
US12320680B2
A method for dynamic error compensation of a position sensor and a position sensor are disclosed. In the method, a calculated speed of a moving target for a current determined position is compared to a calculated running average of the speed of the moving target over a certain number of determined positions and if the calculated speed of the moving target for the current position is within a first window around the calculated running average of the speed of the moving target over the certain number of determined positions the dynamic angle error is not re-calculated for the current determined position, and/or if the calculated speed of the moving target for the current determined position exceeds a second window the previously calculated running average is deleted and the calculation of the running average of the speed of the moving target over a certain number of determined positions is restarted.
US12320676B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards rotary variable differential transducers. The transducer may include a housing and an armature shaft included within the housing. The transducer may further include an input shaft configured to mate with an airplane shaft. The input shaft may be located independently from the armature shaft.
US12320674B2
A removable display and operating module for a measuring device and/or a field device for level measurement or for limit level determination is provided, the removable display and operating module including a radio module; and an electrical connection element configured to form a detachable connection with a connection counterpart for transmitting radio frequency signals from the radio module to a radio frequency housing feedthrough and/or to an antenna of the measuring device and/or the field device. There is also provided a sensor housing for a field device for level measurement or for limit level determination, the sensor housing being configured to completely accommodate the removable display and operating module. A method of manufacturing a field device for level measurement or level limit determination is also provided.
US12320671B2
Systems and methods described herein include a testing apparatus on which a peripheral device may be secured in a predefined, consistent orientation. The peripheral device includes a UWB antenna on a first printed circuit board that is at an angle to a second printed circuit board including one or more positioning sensors. The testing apparatus includes multiple wireless respondents at predefined distances and orientations relative to the peripheral device secured to the testing apparatus. A computing device generates a calibration vector based on measured vectors from the first printed circuit board to the wireless respondents and predetermined vectors from the second printed circuit board to the wireless respondents. The calibration vector is used to calibrate a positioning algorithm of the peripheral device that determines a position and orientation of the peripheral device relative to the peripheral device's environment.
US12320667B2
Aspects herein are directed to sensor data being received, via one or more sensors coupled to one or more vehicles, based on the one or more vehicles traversing a road in a geographical area. A portion of the sensor data is determined to exceed a threshold. The portion of the sensor data being associated with a segment of the road. Geo-coordinates associated with the segment of the road are detected. Based at least in part on the detecting of the geo-coordinates, a data structure that indicates the segment and the portion of the sensor data exceeding the threshold is populated. An indication that a first vehicle is traversing the road or that traversing the road is part of a route plan for the first vehicle is received. In response to the receiving of the indication, the data structure is derived. A modification of a vehicle operating condition is facilitated based on the segment and the sensor data in the derived data structure.
US12320654B2
Implementations of various methods and systems for creating and calculating a transportation capacity unit index and trading derivative products based thereon to transact and trade transportation seats or freight or transportation capacity units and resulting financial swap, futures, forwards and option structures in airline transport, subway transport, train transport, automobile transport, autonomous vehicle transport, taxi transport, space transport, package freight transport, tractor trailer freight transport, cargo freight transport, container freight transport, virtual transport, underground transport, ship or sea transport, public transport, private transport or drone transport on a computer, mobile computer device, audio computer device, virtual reality computer device or mixed reality computing device.
US12320648B1
Artificial intelligence (AI) model-based travel time estimation is described herein. For example, a computer system receives a request of an application for a travel time between a first location and a second location. The computer system determines a travel path between the first location and the second location. The travel path includes a travel segment. The computer system determines data indicating a geographic feature of the travel segment. The computer system generates, based on the data indicating the geographic feature, an input to an AI model. The AI model is trained to predict travel times. The computer system determines the travel time based on an output of the AI model in response to the input. The output indicates the travel time. The computer system sends a response indicating the travel time to the application.
US12320647B2
Embodiments of the present invention is an inertial measurement module, including a mount, a circuit board, a thermally conductive member and a cover plate mounted to the mount. The circuit board is mounted to an end surface of the mount, and is configured to mount an inertial measurement assembly and the thermally conductive member. The inertial measurement assembly includes a thermal resistor and an inertial measurement unit. The thermally conductive member is configured to abut against the thermal resistor and the inertial measurement unit. A surface of the cover plate is provided with a first groove. A receiving space is formed by the first groove and the surface of the mount. The circuit board and the thermally conductive member are both received in the receiving space. The thermally conductive member is arranged at a preset distance from a bottom of the first groove.
US12320645B2
A device includes a memory configured to store a first position estimate of a first vehicle. The device also includes a receiver configured to receive a second position estimate of a second vehicle. The device further includes a sensor configured to generate sensor data indicating a first relative position estimate of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle. The device also includes one or more processors configured to determine, based on a comparison of the first position estimate and the second position estimate, a second relative position estimate of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle. The one or more processors are also configured to determine whether the first position estimate is reliable based at least in part on determining whether the first relative position estimate matches the second relative position estimate.
US12320639B2
An interferometry apparatus comprising: a laser source operable to emit a first light beam; a beam splitter arranged to split the first light beam into an object beam and a reference beam, the object beam passing along an object beam arm and the reference beam passing along a reference beam arm; an adaptive delay line located a distance along the reference beam arm, the adaptive delay line being configured to provide, in use, one or more length-adjusted reference beams; a beam splitter arranged to recombine the object beam from the object beam arm and the length-adjusted reference beam(s) from the reference beam arm; and a photodetector operable to detect interference between the object beam and the length-adjusted reference beam(s).
US12320634B2
A tape measure includes a housing having a wall defining an internal cavity and a tape port, a coilable measuring tape disposed within the internal housing and having a first end extendable out of the housing, and an end hook member including an attachment portion and a hook portion. The attachment portion is arranged to engage the first end of the tape to attach the end hook member to the tape. The hook portion extends in a direction normal to the attachment portion and includes a first face and a second face arranged to engage the workpiece. A finger guard extends from the housing, and is configured to engage the hook member, and a finger space is defined between the tape port and the finger guard and is arranged to receive a user's finger during operation of the tape measure such that the user's finger engages the measuring tape.
US12320629B2
Disclosed is a thin film characteristic measuring apparatus, which is used for measuring the thickness or width of a thin film of an object to be examined. The thin film characteristic measuring apparatus comprises a light source, a first reflecting mirror, a first actuator and a lens assembly. The lens assembly is formed so that the angle formed by an optical axis and a chief ray of the rays transmitted through the lens assembly is less than or equal to the angle formed by the optical axis and a chief ray of the rays incident to the lens assembly. The light source can comprise superluminescent diodes (SLD). Provided is the thin film characteristic measuring apparatus, which enables the light transmitted through the lens assembly to reciprocate on an incident surface of the object to be examined while the first reflecting mirror repeatedly tilts within a predetermined angle range, and thus can accurately measure a relatively large area and can variously control a position to be measured, a method and the like.
US12320625B2
A firearms cartridge is provided which is equipped with a signal receiver. The signal receiver is operable to disable the firearm when it received a predetermined signal, such as a signal on the electromagnetic spectrum, acoustic signal, and the like. When the signal is not present, the firearm cartridge works like a traditional unrestricted firearm cartridge allowing a firing of the weapon.
US12320611B2
A linear encoder may be used to accurately determine a number of cartridges within a magazine. Further, using a set of magnetic sensors within a buffer tube of a firearm, it is possible to determine whether a cartridge is loaded within a chamber of the weapon and/or whether the firearm is jammed. The determination of cartridges within the magazine in conjunction with the determination of whether a cartridge is in a chamber of a firearm can give a user an accurate ammunition count. Further, the use of the linear encoder makes it possible to accurately determine the cartridge count when different cartridges are loaded into the magazine or when the magazine degrades in quality over time. Moreover, the ability for magazines to communicate with a firearm enables a user to determine a total available ammunition to the user in a single display without individually checking each magazine.
US12320606B2
A modular pistol grip includes one or more modular extenders configured to couple to a main grip. The modular pistol grip further includes an interchangeable backstrap configured to couple to the main grip and the one or more modular extenders. The one or more modular extenders are configured to extend a length of the modular pistol grip when coupled to the main grip.
US12320596B2
Various aspects as described herein are directed to a radiative cooling device and method for cooling an object. As consistent with one or more embodiments, a radiative cooling device includes a solar spectrum reflecting structure configured and arranged to suppress light modes, and a thermally-emissive structure configured and arranged to facilitate thermally-generated electromagnetic emissions from the object and in mid-infrared (IR) wavelengths.
US12320594B2
There is provided a method for heat storage comprising charging by raising the temperature of a phase change material (PCM) above its melting temperature and discharging by lowering the temperature below its melting temperature, wherein the phase change material (PCM) is provided in particles (P) comprising a core (CPCM), said core (CPCM) comprising at least one phase change material (PCM), said core (CPCM) being coated with an outer layer (LPSMALL) of smaller particles (PSMALL) comprising at least one from graphite, graphite oxide, graphene, and graphene oxide. The particles (P) can be made smaller giving an efficient heat exchange. Their manufacture is easy and cost efficient. The flexible outer layer allows the core to expand and shrink. Corrosion is prevented allowing less expensive materials to be used in devices. The particles can be made self-lubricating.
US12320589B1
An energy treatment apparatus for a fabric web includes a tenter mechanism that includes a pair of opposing tracks through which a drive chain traverses. The tracks each have an inwardly-facing slot through which a plurality of web gripping elements project to hold an edge of the fabric web. At least one energy applying module has an enclosure with an opening therethrough and at least one energy applying element disposed on either side of the fabric web as the fabric web traverses the energy applying module. Each energy applying module is adapted to be stacked. An exhaust module is fixed at a top of each stack to convey hot exhaust away from the stack. In embodiments having two or more of the stacks, a web direction reversal apparatus is fixed between each stack such that the fabric web exiting one of the stacks is redirected into a next stack.
US12320583B2
In one aspect, systems for storing and/or transporting a payload are described herein. In some embodiments, systems have a portable storage vessel having an internal cavity, the internal cavity having: a central zone for receiving the payload; a first cooling zone disposed radially outward from the central recess, with a first phase change material disposed in the first cooling zone; a second cooling zone disposed radially outward from the first cooling zone, with a second phase change material disposed in the second cooling zone, wherein the first phase change material has a first phase transition temperature; wherein the second phase change material has a second phase transition temperature; and wherein the second phase transition temperature is between 10° C. and 15° C. higher than the first phase transition temperature; and wherein each of the first phase transition temperature and the second phase transition temperature are below 0° C.
US12320575B2
A refrigerator is proposed. In the refrigerator, a cool air passage for a freezing compartment which guides the flow of cool air to the freezing compartment, and a cool air passage for an ice-making compartment which guides the flow of cool air to the ice-making compartment partially share the cool air with each other. Through the sharing of cool air, the amount of cool air supplied to the freezing compartment is increased and sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment. Accordingly, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment, the freezing compartment, and the ice-making compartment even with a single evaporator.
US12320568B2
A compressor unit includes a first case, a first compressor, a cascade heat exchanger, a second compressor, a first connecting port, and a second connecting port. The first compressor, the cascade heat exchanger, and a heat source heat exchanger accommodated in a second case constitute a first refrigerant cycle. The second compressor, the cascade heat exchanger, and a utilization heat exchanger accommodated in a third case constitute a second refrigerant cycle. The first connecting port is connected to the heat source heat exchanger via a first connection piping. The second connecting port is connected to the utilization heat exchanger via a second connection piping.
US12320566B2
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system includes a suction heat exchanger configured to add heat to working fluid prior to entering the compressor, so as to support the generation of superheat by the HVACR system. The superheat can be controlled to achieve desired levels, so as to support the separation of lubricant from working fluid of the HVACR system. The suction heat exchanger can heat the working fluid passing to the suction of the compressor by exchanging heat with working fluid sourced from between the lubricant separator and the condenser. The suction heat exchanger can further be used as a receiver for controlling the charge of working fluid circulating in the HVACR system.
US12320544B1
Dust covers for use in protecting HVAC equipment from dust and debris during construction are disclosed. A dust cover may include a main body member having an upper surface and an annular wall extending downwardly away from the upper surface; and a plurality of flexible tabs extending downwardly from the annular wall. The flexible tabs may include an upper transverse groove and a lower transverse groove. The upper transverse groove may be between the lower transverse groove and the upper surface. The annular wall may include a plurality of evenly spaced slits defining the flexible tabs therebetween. The slits may be parallel to each other.
US12320543B2
A thermally broken panel assembly includes a first panel member, a second panel member, a first insulating member, and a second insulating member. The first panel member includes a first base member, and a first wall extending outwardly from an outer edge of the first base member. The second panel member includes a second base member, a second wall extending outwardly from an outer edge of the second base member, and a second flange extending from an upper end of the second wall. The first insulating member is disposed between the first wall and the second flange. The second insulating member is disposed between the first base member and the second base member. A gap is disposed between an edge of the first wall of the first panel member and an edge of the second wall of the second panel member.
US12320533B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for carbon dioxide based ventilation monitoring are described. An apparatus may include a carbon dioxide sensor, a processor, and/or a memory storing computer program code executable by the processor to perform operations. An operation may include interpolating a ventilation metric for an environment of a carbon dioxide sensor based at least partially on data from the carbon dioxide sensor using carbon dioxide as a proxy for ventilation. An operation may include performing a predefined action based on a ventilation metric.
US12320531B2
Several embodiments include a cooking instrument. The cooking instrument can include a heating system. The heating system can include one or more heating elements capable of emitting wireless energy into the cooking chamber. The cooking instrument can also include a control system. The control system can executing a heating sequence to drive the heating system, detect, based on an output signal of a sensor, a trigger event, and configure the heating system in response to detecting the trigger event.
US12320524B1
This disclosure relates to the field of electrical appliance, in particular to a kitchen appliance and a base thereof. The base includes a base body, an input shaft assembly arranged in the base body and connected to an external actuator, and an output shaft assembly arranged in the base body and removably connected to a household appliance body, wherein the input shaft assembly is in transmission connection with the output shaft assembly, the input shaft assembly is arranged in a first direction, and the output shaft assembly is arranged in a second direction, an included angle between the first direction and the second direction ranges from 85° to 95°.
US12320523B2
A support pin of a combustor assembly is provided. The combustor assembly includes a casing of a combustor and an igniter. The igniter includes a main section and a tip from which sparks generated by the igniter within the main section are ejected. The support pin includes an exterior section, a main body and a tip section. The exterior section is connectable to the casing. The igniter is affixable to the exterior section. The main body is integrally formed with the exterior section and is disposable to surround the main section of the igniter. The main body has a first wall thickness and defines support pin holes. The tip section is integrally formed with the main body and is disposable to surround the tip of the igniter. The tip section has a second wall thickness. The second wall thickness exceeds the first wall thickness.
US12320522B2
A pilot arrangement for a nozzle of a gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft engine, including: a cavity extending along a longitudinal axis for conducting fuel, a narrowest flow cross section of which is larger than a flow cross section of a pilot fuel nozzle, in particular a pilot line. The pilot fuel nozzle, which adjoins the cavity in a downstream direction includes the pilot line and a pilot fuel outlet arranged at the downstream end of the pilot line, the narrowest flow cross section of which is configured to be smaller than that of the cavity. Reliable operation is made possible by virtue of an air opening arranged on the pilot arrangement in flow connection with the cavity so there can be an at least occasional flow of air through at least the cavity and the pilot fuel nozzle during the operation of the gas turbine.
US12320518B2
A light-emitting member includes an optical fiber that receives first excitation light and first mixed light. The optical fiber includes a first wavelength converter that emits first fluorescence in response to the first excitation light, and emits second mixed light being a mixture of the first mixed light and the first fluorescence through a side surface. The light-emitting member includes a light-emitting portion that emits the second mixed light outside the light-emitting member. A plurality of component light beams of the first mixed light includes first component light with a first peak wavelength and second component light with a second peak wavelength longer than the first peak wavelength. An absolute value of a difference between a first fluorescence peak wavelength of the first fluorescence and the first peak wavelength is less than an absolute value of a difference between the first fluorescence peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength.
US12320502B2
A light fixture configured for securing to a support surface. The light fixture includes a housing, a tray connected to the housing, a plurality of reflectors connected to the tray, a plurality of light emitter boards, a control component positioned within the housing, and a door assembly releasably connected to the housing. The tray includes a series of base portions and a series of angled walls, wherein each angled wall extends from a base portion. Each reflector of the plurality of reflectors is connected to an angled wall of the tray. Each light emitter board of the plurality of light emitter boards is connected to a reflector, and the control component is operably connected to the plurality of light emitter boards. In addition, the door assembly includes a frame bordering a central opening, a lens positioned over the central opening, and a gasket positioned between the lens and the frame.
US12320501B2
A frame for supporting a light fixture has regions of its sidewall corners that are double walled and secured with at least one mechanical-fastener (e.g., a rivet) at each such region of the sidewall corners. This results in a stronger frame that is able to support heavier loads as compared to a frame without such reinforced corner regions. The frame also has holes on its largest-planar-member for attaching to I-brackets and the I-brackets may be attached to a light-fixture-can of the light fixture. The frame also has different holes, on opposing sidewalls, that may be attached to a junction-box that covers over a largest-hole of the frame. Each I-bracket has a concave-surface for concentrically pressing up against an exterior surface of the light-fixture-can. Each I-bracket may attached to the light-fixture-can and to the frame. The I-brackets permit a height of the light-fixture-can to be set at different heights.
US12320495B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a multi-functional streetlight. In accordance with one aspect, the multi-functional streetlight includes a hexagonal shaped support structure, wherein the hexagonal shaped support structure includes an arm segment and wherein the arm segment includes a luminaire on an under side of the arm segment; and a base flange configured to couple the hexagonal shaped support structure to the ground.
US12320488B2
A light guiding device includes a first light guide having an end surface, a corner section and a downstream section. The corner section of the first light guide has a corner and is closer to the end surface of the first light guide than the downstream section. Light incident surfaces of the first light guide include the end surface, and an inner side surface of the corner section located on the inner side of the corner. A light exit surface of the first light guide includes an outer side surface of the first light guide located on the outer side of the corner. The light incident surfaces of the first light guide may additionally include the inner side surface of the corner section. It is found that the corner section can be lit on when the corner section is observed along the direction tangent to the corner section.
US12320485B2
The invention relates to a luminous device of a motor vehicle, the device including a first luminous module with first and second sub-modules each provided with a light source, and a collector, the first module including a lens which is designed to project the light reflected by the collectors in light beams with a upper cut-off offset vertically from each other.
US12320481B2
A luminous module intended to be fastened to a luminous device of a motor vehicle. The luminous module includes at least one first attachment mechanism configured to fasten the luminous module to the luminous device in a first direction and a second attachment mechanism configured to fasten the luminous module to the luminous device in a second direction that differs from the first direction.
US12320480B2
The application discloses an artificial flame luminaire, comprising a light head, an encloser is provided around the light head, the light head includes a luminous body and a light head housing, the light head housing is provided to form an outer surface of the light head, the light head housing is provided with a chamber inside, the luminous body is installed in the chamber, there is a gap between the encloser and the light head, and the encloser and the light head housing cooperate to filter light from the luminous body. The advantages of this application are that the light head has a simple structure, small volume and convenient installation, which can cooperate with different bases to realize the simulated flame or flame effect, and the encloser has the function of blurred the solid outline of the light column, thus presenting a more rounded visual effect.
US12320476B1
A detachable LED lamp device is provided, which includes a lamp head, a fixing member, a first magnetic component, a lamp holder, a second magnetic component, a battery, an illuminator, a circuit board, and a light-emitting component. The light-emitting component can be replaced without a need to disassemble the lamp head, through a combination of the first and second magnetic components, it is easy to maintain and able to adapt to different lighting needs. By a cooperation between an installation slot and an installation part, different illuminators can be quickly replaced according to needs so as to achieve different lighting effects. By providing a handle and the battery, the LED lamp can be illuminated without external power supply. It can be carried by hand for mobile lighting or fixed in positions without external power supply, rendering it more convenient and flexible to use, and increasing its applicability.
US12320475B2
A bulb structure is provided. The bulb structure includes: a bulb body, a wick, a support, a negative cover, a positive base, and a positive cover; the wick is provided with a positive wire and a negative wire; the support is connected to a top of the bulb body; the negative cover is connected to the bulb body; the positive base is connected to the negative cover; the positive cover is connected to the positive base; the wick is located in the bulb body, and the positive wire extends upwards out of the support and the negative cover in sequence and is connected to the positive base, to enable the positive wire to be electrically connected to the positive cover.
US12320468B2
A communication apparatus and a bracket device thereof are provided. The bracket device includes a base, a rotary shaft, a connecting member, and an elastic member. The base includes a bottom portion, a connecting portion, and a base engaging portion. The rotary shaft is rotatably disposed in the connecting portion and includes a base wall and a connecting section. The connecting member connects to the rotary shaft. The elastic member includes a body and an elastic member engaging portion. The body connects to the base wall of the rotary shaft, and the elastic member engaging portion is positioned at the body. In an engagement state, the elastic member engaging portion is engaged to the base engaging portion.
US12320456B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for a coupling device. In an aspect, a coupling device is configured with at least one fastener for compressing and also opening the coupling and a pushing bolt configured to apply an unlocking force on an object to be coupled by the coupling device. In another aspect, a method for engaging or disengaging a coupling device is disclosed. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12320454B2
Mounting bracket assemblies including first, second and third bracket members. The first bracket member includes first and second mounting surface portions. The first mounting surface portion engaging a suspension component. The second mounting surface portion defining a receiving zone for receiving a vehicle structure and is disposed along a first side of a first central plane of the receiving zone. A second bracket member includes first and second contact surface portions. The second bracket member is disposed along a second side of the first central plane and along a first side of a second central plane of the receiving zone. A third bracket member includes third and fourth contact surface portions. The third bracket member is disposed along the second side of the first central plane and along a second side of the second central plane. Suspension systems, kits and methods are also included.
US12320450B2
A pipe fitting apparatus provides easy locking with an appropriate torque for which the possibility of breakage and leakage has been eliminated by being easily configured in a manner that the locking of the pipe fitting apparatus used to connect pipes is performed with an appropriate torque. The pipe fitting apparatus has a fitting body, a force control ferrule, and a fixing nut. The fitting body has a first connecting portion with an inner threaded surface, a second connecting portion having an outer threaded portion, and a ferrule seating portion where the force control ferrule is provided. The fixing nut has an inner threaded portion for engaging with the second connecting portion of the fitting body and an inclined pressure surface for abutting against the force control ferrule.
US12320448B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, system and method for a microchannel valve. The valve is configured to control or switch the flow of gasses or liquids. The valve includes a first substrate with a microchannel interrupted by a rotational element having a matching microchannel. The rotational element is attached to a second substrate in contact with the first. Actuation of the valve is achieved by rotating the second substrate relative to the first. The valve may be configured for capillary input and output, and/or for high pressure operation by means of capillary retention features. The valve may be disposed within a subassembly for maintaining contact, axial alignment, and relative rotational alignment between the first and second substrates. The present disclosure also provides a method for fabricating the valve. The present disclosure also provides ways to eliminate gaps between the two substrates.
US12320445B2
A surge control system and method include a valve assembly located along a fluid conduit downstream of one or more compressors in a flow circuit, and configured to receive a fluid stream from the one or more compressors. The valve assembly includes a valve body, a pitot tube integrated onto the valve body, and a pressure sensor device operably connected to the pitot tube. A controller of the surge control system receives pressure measurements generated by the pressure sensor device. The pressure measurements represent pressure in the pitot tube over time. The controller analyzes at least one of (i) the pressure measurements or (ii) flow velocity values derived from the pressure measurements, and detects a surge condition in the flow circuit based on oscillations in the at least one of the pressure measurements or the flow velocity values.
US12320440B2
A rotary disc valve includes a guide assembly having a ring-shaped member having a groove disposed in an inner surface thereof, and a valve disc assembly rotatably coupled to the guide assembly. The valve disc assembly includes a valve disc, a projection received within the groove of the guide assembly, and a chimney support coupled to the guide assembly. The chimney support includes a seal member for selectively sealing against the valve disc. The groove has a main portion perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the rotary disc valve, and an angled portion at an oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. When the valve is moved between a closed and open positions the valve disc assembly is rotated and moves the projection along the angled portion of the groove, thereby moving the valve disc toward and away from the seal.
US12320429B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to butterfly valves, generally including a body assembly and handle assembly. The body assembly generally includes a body, a disc rotationally disposed inside an opening of the body, a cog, and a stem passing through the disc and the body. The handle assembly generally includes a handle body and a force ring. The stem can be rotationally interlocked relative to the disc and the handle assembly. The cog and the force ring can engage to rotationally secure the disc relative to the body. The handle assembly can include a lever and a grip, the force ring, the lever and the grip being pivotally secured relative to each other. The body can include a male radial protrusion and the body assembly can include a liner with a female radial groove. Methods of assembling and positioning a butterfly valve are also provided.
US12320425B2
A tooth jump protection device is used to control chain slack and delay the torque at which chain jump occurs, thus increasing jump torque performance. The tooth jump protection device is preferably mounted to the transfer case.
US12320419B1
A speed reducer including at least one elastic buffering planet carrier and an elastic buffering planet carrier include a fixed bracket and an encircling elastic buffering device, where the fixed bracket is mounted inside the encircling elastic buffering device, the fixed bracket is configured with at least one central shaft hole for guiding an output shaft to axially pass through, a plurality of shaft holes of planetary gear are evenly distributed at the encircling elastic buffering device, the plurality of shaft holes of planetary gear are configured for gear shafts to respectively pass through, and the encircling elastic buffering device is elastically deformable in a transverse direction, a longitudinal direction and arbitrary oblique direction.
US12320415B2
A product including a carrier having piloting features for assembling multiple gear drives for use in an electric drive unit of a vehicle. A method of assembling a portion of an electric drive unit utilizing a gear piloting carrier having piloting features for assembling multiple gear drives.
US12320407B2
The present disclosure relates to field of outdoor sports, and discloses a carabiner capable of adjusting a length of a harness, including a main body. A limit pillar is fixedly arranged at one side of the main body. In the present disclosure, to mount the carabiner capable of adjusting the length of the harness, a clockwork spring is first placed in a groove of the main body, and a hole of a fixed gear is aligned with the limit pillar; then, a moving gear is placed in a clamping pillar of an upper cover; and finally, a lower cover is aligned with the clamping pillar to complete mounting. Through the meshing between the fixed gear and the moving gear, the harness body can be fixed at a specific length, thereby ensuring the safety in high-risk activities such as rock climbing and hiking.
US12320405B2
A drive belt includes an undercord layer having a first region proximate a backing layer surface of the undercord layer and a second region proximate the exterior surface of the undercord layer, the first region being foamed and the second region either being foamed to a lesser extent than the first region or not being foamed. The drive belt further includes a cover layer formed over the exterior surface of the undercord layer. Alternatively, the drive belt may be foamed throughout the undercord layer thickness, with a cover layer formed on the exterior surface of the undercord layer. The manufacturing process for making the foamed undercord layer can include incorporating a first quantity of foaming agent in a first sheet of undercord layer material and either a second quantity of foaming agent in a second sheet of undercord layer material, the second quantity being less than the first quantity, or including no foaming agent in the second sheet. The first sheet and second sheet are disposed in a mold, to which heat and pressure is applied to cure the sheets and foam the first sheet and the second sheet when the second sheet includes foaming agent. The mold includes an exterior portion that forms ridges in the exterior surface of the undercord layer and a cover layer disposed on the exterior surface of the undercord layer. The drive belt incorporating the undercord layer having a foamed first region may exhibit reduced bending stiffness and improved energy efficiency.
US12320404B2
A damper assembly includes a rod elongated along an axis. The damper assembly includes a body supported by the rod, the body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The body and the rod define a passage between the body and the rod, the passage extending from the first surface of the body to the second surface of the body.
US12320402B2
A mounting bushing for a vehicle satisfies durability requirements as well as performance, such as ride comfort, handling, and noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) reduction. The mounting bushing includes an inner pipe, an elastic portion surrounding an external side of the inner pipe, an intermediate pipe surrounding an external side of the elastic portion and having a cutout provided in an axial direction, and an outer pipe surrounding an external side of the intermediate pipe. The elastic portion is formed of a material having a dynamic ratio lower than a dynamic ratio of a rubber material.
US12320397B2
A magnetorheological braking device for setting operating states by way of rotational movements has an axle unit and a rotary body rotatable about the axle unit. The rotatability of the rotary body can be decelerated and/or blocked by a magnetorheological braking apparatus. A sensor apparatus has a magnetic ring unit and a magnetic field sensor for sensing a magnetic field of the magnetic ring unit. A shielding apparatus at least partially shields the sensor apparatus from a magnetic field of a coil unit of the braking apparatus. The shielding apparatus includes a shielding body surrounding the magnetic ring unit and a separating unit between the shielding body and the magnetic ring unit, and having a magnetic conductivity multiple times lower than the shielding body. A holding apparatus connects the shielding apparatus to the rotary body in an at least partially rotationally fixed manner.
US12320394B2
A drive system for a tailgate and including a drive unit having a first coupler supported for rotation about a first longitudinal axis and defining a receptacle. A second coupler including a first side and a second side configured to engage with a hinge component of a vehicle and defining a second longitudinal axis. A driveshaft extends between the first and second couplers at an angled orientation relative to the first and second axes via wobble connections formed between a first end of the driveshaft and the first coupler and between a second end of the driveshaft and the first side of the second coupler.
US12320393B2
A friction device for a torsional vibration damper includes an axis of rotation, an input side with a first disc and a second disc, and an output side between the first disc and the second disc and rotatable relative to the input side. The output side has a first friction disc, a second friction disc, and a spring element between the first friction disc and the second friction disc. The spring element has first, second and third contact regions. At a first angle of rotation between the input side and the output side, an axial contact force between the first friction disc and the second friction disc is transmittable via the first contact region and the third contact region. At a second angle of rotation, different than the first angle of rotation, the axial contact force is transmittable via the second contact region and the third contact region.
US12320391B2
A snap ring retainer system includes a first member having an annular groove therein. A second member is engaged with the first member. A snap ring is received in the annular groove and includes a first side engaging the second member and securing the second member to the first member. A snap ring retainer includes a first portion engaged with the first member and a second portion extending radially from the first portion and engaged with the snap ring on an opposite side from the second member.
US12320388B2
A ball bearing for the scroll of a scroll compressor, having an outer race, an inner race and a plurality of balls disposed therebetween, characterized in that the balls are held and guided in a ball bearing cage, wherein the ball bearing cage is formed as an externally guided plastic cage with a reinforcing structure made of metal as a hybrid cage.
US12320387B2
A drive shaft extends between axial ends and has at least one portion through which an outer diameter of the drive shaft changes through an infinite number of diameters, with the at least one portion extending across at least 15% of an axial distance between the axial ends of the drive shaft. A drive shaft with a generally spiral undulation at its outer periphery is also disclosed.
US12320376B2
A drive element has an internal driving profile that defines a profile axis (PI) and has, on its inner side, a plurality of concave drive surfaces arranged in a manner distributed regularly around the profile axis (PI), between which a planar or convexly curved transition surfaces are provided, or which has an external driving profile that defines a profile axis (PA) and has, on its outer side, a plurality of concave drive faces arranged in a manner distributed regularly around the profile axis (PA), between which planar or convexly curved transition surfaces are provided. Transitions between the drive surfaces and transition surfaces lie on a common inner circle with an inner diameter Di. The drive surfaces lie on outer circles of an outer diameter Da distributed uniformly around the profile axis.
US12320372B2
Problem: Calibrating a correspondence relationship between a pump control current value and a pump flow rate of the hydraulic pump in a hydraulic system including a variable capacity hydraulic pump whose capacity is variably controlled according to the pump control current value, a flow rate control valve whose opening area is variably controlled according to a valve control current value, and a pressure compensation valve that maintains differential pressure before and after the flow control valve to be constant is made in a precise and simple manner. Solution: The spool valve has a configuration in which the pump control current value is sweepingly increased and the peak of a change of pump pressure during the sweeping increase is calibrated as the pump control current value of the pump flow rate of the target flow rate, with the spool valve held in the aperture area corresponding to the spool valve output flow rate of the arbitrary target flow rate. With the spool valve maintained at an opening area corresponding to an output flow rate of the spool valve of an arbitrary target flow rate, the pump control current value sweepingly increases, and the peak of the change of the pump pressure during the sweeping increase is calibrated as the pump control current value of the pump flow rate of the target flow rate.
US12320360B2
The present disclosure discloses a silent high-speed fan, including a shell; an air duct is formed on the shell; an air inlet and an air outlet are respectively provided at two ends of the air duct; a boosting mechanism is arranged in the air duct; a rectification mechanism is arranged at the air outlet; the rectification mechanism includes a necking hood that covers the air outlet and a rectification blade group composed of a plurality of rectification blades arranged coaxially on an inner side of the necking hood in an annular array. The present disclosure controls the details in an air flow stroke, so that the turbulence is eliminated step by step, and the turbulence is eliminated at the source, to achieve an effect of silently blowing air at a high speed.
US12320358B2
An element for compression of a gas to be compressed having a low temperature of −40° C. or lower, which element (1) is provided with a housing (2) containing at least one rotor (3) which is mounted rotatably with its shaft (5) with respect to the housing (2) and with an inlet (6) for the gas to be compressed and an outlet (7) for compressed gas, characterized in that the element (1) is provided with a heating means for an end (9a) of the shaft (5) of the rotor (3) located closest to the inlet (6).
US12320357B2
The counterweight (26) is manufactured by an additive manufacturing process and includes a mounting portion (28) having a first density and a mass portion (29) having a second density, the mass portion (29) being formed radially outward of the mounting portion (28), wherein the first density of the mounting portion (28) and the second density of the mass portion (29) are different from each other, and wherein the mass portion (29) includes at least a first segment (29.1) having a first segment density and a second segment (29.2) having a second segment density which is different from the first segment density.
US12320356B2
A scroll compressor capable of improving the performance and efficiency of the compressor by increasing the amount of refrigerant discharged from a compression chamber by introducing not only refrigerant at suction pressure but also refrigerant at an intermediate pressure to the compression chamber of the scroll compressor, capable of freely changing the position of a port by simplifying the shape of an injection valve assembly and by disposing a fastening member on an introduction chamber side, and capable of compactifying the injection valve assembly.
US12320354B1
An electric compressor includes a housing and a compression device. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The compression device is a rotary-type compression device configured to compress refrigerant. The compression device includes a piston device including a cylinder and a rolling piston. The cylinder is eccentrically coupled to a drive shaft. The rolling piston has an outer surface in contact with an inner surface of a compression chamber. The rolling piston rotates about the cylinder as the drive shaft and the piston device are rotated by a motor. A vane moveably coupled to the housing and having an end adjacent the compression chamber is biased such that the end of the vane is in contact with the rolling piston as the piston device is rotated by the drive shaft.
US12320346B2
A linear compressor includes a cylinder, a piston axially reciprocating in the cylinder, a first muffler unit coupled to the piston, a back cover that is disposed at a rear of the piston and defines an opening at a radially central area, and a second muffler unit coupled to the opening. The first muffler unit includes an inner guide disposed in the piston and a first intake muffler disposed at a rear of the inner guide. The second muffler unit includes a second intake muffler that communicates with the first intake muffler and is coupled to the opening, and a muffler body surrounding the second intake muffler. An outer circumferential surface of the second intake muffler defines a first communication hole communicating an inside of the second intake muffler with a space between the second intake muffler and the muffler body.
US12320343B2
Vacuum pump (18) for a medical aspirator (10), the pump (18) comprising a tubular member (20); a piston (22) slidably arranged within the tubular member (20); a piston rod (24) connected to the piston (22); and a coupling mechanism (36) for detachably and functionally connecting the piston rod (24) to a motor (38) for driving the pump (18), wherein the piston rod (24) is configured to reciprocate linearly during operation of the pump (18).
US12320331B2
A condition monitoring system includes a monitoring terminal, an acceleration sensor, and a data processor. The data processor calculates a diagnostic parameter from data measured by the acceleration sensor, determines a degree of damage to a bearing or a gear included in a wind turbine generator based on the diagnostic parameter, and controls the monitoring terminal to show information indicating a degree of suppression of electric power generated by the wind turbine generator in accordance with the degree of damage to the bearing or the gear.
US12320330B2
Provided is a method for producing a wind turbine, the method including the steps of: a) providing a nacelle structure, b) providing a module to be mounted to the nacelle structure in a hanging position, and c) moving the module relative to the nacelle structure and at least partially through the nacelle structure at an erection site until the module is in the hanging position on the nacelle structure. This has the advantage that the transport of the nacelle structure and the module may be conducted not in hanging position. Thus, a height of the nacelle structure during transport can be lowered.
US12320322B1
The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for converting water wave energy into electricity on a utility scale. The device comprises: (1) an oscillating body that effectively responds to waves in all six degrees of freedom: surge, sway, heave, roll, pitch, and yaw, (2) a restraining system to prevent the oscillating body from being displaced by steady environmental loads, and (3) a power takeoff system comprising linear generators which are directly driven by the oscillating body to generate electricity. The devised devices excel in harnessing wave energy across a wide spectrum of frequencies and are well-suited for deployment in both shallow and deep ocean waters.
US12320321B2
A point absorber wave energy converter is described. The converter uses a surface piercing float operably coupled to a water column tube extending downwardly from the surface piercing float, the tube being open at its bottom and being configured to accommodate a column of sea water therein. Air is trapped above that column within a plenum, the plenum being configured such that operably relative movement between the point absorber and the internal water column expands and compresses the trapped volume of air. That movement can be used to pump air through an open or a closed circuit power take off system. The open circuit power take-off system as described is suitable for other oscillating water column wave energy converters including both floating offshore and fixed shoreline installations.
US12320320B2
An energy storage system includes a vessel for storing water, an energy conversion device, and a connection line connecting the vessel with the energy conversion device. The energy conversion device includes first and second housings, a pump turbine in the first housing, and a motor generator in the second housing. The pump turbine includes a first shaft and an impeller mounted on the first shaft. The motor generator includes a second shaft and a rotor at the second shaft for rotating relative to a stator. The second shaft is coupled to the first shaft for transmitting torque between the first and second shafts. The connecting line connects a low pressure opening with an opening for receiving water or discharging water. The second housing is filled with a gas for a barrier pressure during operation of the energy conversion device, such that the rotor rotates within the gas.
US12320315B2
A propulsion system is provided, the propulsion system including a rotor assembly configured to rotate relative to the engine centerline axis, and wherein one or more blades of the rotor assembly are configured to rotate along a blade pitch angle axis. A vane assembly is positioned in aerodynamic relationship with the rotor assembly. The vane assembly includes one or more vanes, wherein each vane includes a vane pitch angle. A controller is configured to execute operations, the operations including moving each blade to a reverse thrust position about its respective blade pitch axis, and adjusting each vane about its respective vane pitch axis when the plurality of blades is in the reverse thrust position to modify an amount of reverse thrust generated by the propulsion system.
US12320314B2
An air inlet of a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion assembly assembly comprising an inner wall and an outer wall which are connected upstream by an air inlet lip. The air inlet lip comprising thick portions and thin portions distributed alternately over the circumference of the air inlet lip. Each thick portion comprising an upstream leading edge to separate an upstream air flow into an outer air flow guided by the outer wall and an inner air flow guided by the inner wall during a thrust phase. Each thin portion comprising a downstream leading edge situated longitudinally downstream of each upstream leading edge so as to detach a reverse air flow at the air inlet lip during a thrust reversal phase.
US12320309B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion includes an intake manifold via which a cylinder can be supplied with fresh air, an inlet valve via which, when it is open, the fresh air can flow from the intake pipe into the cylinder, and a variable valve drive by means of which the opening duration or the relative timing of the inlet valve event is variable in relation to a crankshaft position. During a starting of the internal combustion engine, when the intake manifold pressure differs from the intake manifold desired pressure, a filling pilot control of the cylinder is undertaken by the variable valve drive by the fresh air supply being reduced in comparison to the fresh air supply at the intake manifold desired pressure. The disclosure further relates to a control device for an internal combustion engine that enables low-emission operation.
US12320300B2
A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system can be controlled to adjust one or more parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.
US12320297B2
A system is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft system includes a powertrain, a lubrication system and a casing. The powertrain includes a powerplant, a power transmission, a clutch system and a bladed rotor. The power transmission operatively couples the powerplant to the clutch system. The clutch system operatively couples the power transmission to the bladed rotor. The powerplant is configured to drive rotation of the bladed rotor through the power transmission and the clutch system when the clutch system is engaged. The lubrication system includes a lubricant reservoir and a lubricant circuit. The lubrication system is configured to direct lubricant from the lubricant reservoir to the powerplant and the power transmission through the lubricant circuit. The casing houses the power transmission and the lubricant reservoir.
US12320287B2
A heavy duty truck includes a diesel engine that generates an exhaust gas flow and an exhaust after-treatment system for treatment of the exhaust gas flow. The exhaust after-treatment system includes at least one heater and at least one selective catalytic reduction system downstream of the heater. The heater is operated to inject supplemental heat energy into the exhaust gas flow at a rate based on a difference between a target rate of heat energy in the exhaust gas flow at an inlet to the selective catalytic reduction system and a rate of heat energy supplied to the exhaust gas flow from the diesel engine.
US12320284B1
An air handling transport includes a base frame, and an air housing mounted to the base frame. The air housing includes a combustion air plenum on a longitudinal side of the air handling transport, the combustion air plenum outputting filtered combustion air. The transport further includes an exhaust stack mounted to the base frame for releasing combustion exhaust air. The exhaust stack is rotatable between the longitudinal side in an operation mode and an end side in a transportation mode. The exhaust stack includes a stack base having an exhaust plenum and a stack extension. The stack extension is housed within the stack base in the transportation mode and extends vertically by a predetermined vertical distance in the operation mode.
US12320282B2
An internal combustion engine-includes at least one cylinder crankcase, at least one cylinder head (2) including at least one valve cover (1), charge-cycle valves, a valve train-assembly, injectors (3), an injector cable harness, injection lines (4), a fuel rail (5) and a pre-separator for separating the oil aerosols present in the blow-by volume flow being situated in the cylinder head (2).
US12320280B1
An apparatus of diagnosing a blow-by gas recirculation system includes: a head portion of an engine forming a combustion chamber, a head cover provided above the head portion, a crankcase formed below the combustion chamber, an intake line through which intake air flows into the combustion chamber, a breather hose connecting the crankcase and the intake line upstream of a compressor mounted on the intake line, a PCV hose connecting the crankcase and a surge tank, and a controller. The controller is configured to preliminarily determine whether the breather hose is abnormal based on atmospheric pressure, a crankcase model pressure determined from an intake air flow rate flowing in through a throttle valve, and a crankcase internal pressure. The controller is configured to form negative pressure in the crankcase when it is preliminarily determined that the breather hose is abnormal, and finally determine whether the breather hose is abnormal.
US12320275B2
A stator vane assembly for a compressor of an aircraft turbine engine includes an inner shroud, an outer shroud, and stator vanes. The stator vanes are attached only to the inner shroud and are in non-immobilizing mechanical contact with the outer shroud.
US12320264B2
A plain bearing for a planet gear of a turbomachine mechanical reduction gear, the plain bearing having an annular barrel with an axis which delimits at least one central bore centred on the axis, and the barrel having annular grooves which extend around the axis and which open out axially in opposite orientations at the axial ends of the barrel, each annular groove being delimited by two coaxial internal and external walls of the barrel connected by a transverse bottom wall which has at least one opening which opens into a cavity which is formed in the barrel between said the at least one central bore and a periphery of the barrel, characterised in that wherein each cavity is closed by a sealing seal.
US12320262B2
A method of operating a gas turbine engine having a spool includes executing, by a controller, a shutdown procedure. The shutdown procedure includes: performing an idle rotation operation; determining a parameter associated with a thermal condition of the gas turbine engine while the idle rotation operation is performed; determining, based on the determined parameter, whether the gas turbine engine has met a pre-determined criterion corresponding to a thermally stabilised condition; and terminating the idle rotation operation in response to a determination that the gas turbine engine has met the pre-determined criterion.
US12320259B2
Compact bleed valve assemblies are disclosed. An example turbine engine comprises a rotor blade having an axial chord (C) measured at a tip of the rotor blade, and a variable bleed valve (VBV) including a VBV port defining a bleed flowpath and an exit angle (βexit) for bleed air exiting the VBV port, the VBV port including a forward entrance edge and an aft exit edge and a first length (LA) therebetween, and a VBV door corresponding to the VBV port, the VBV door to generate a bleed cavity having a bleed cavity area (BA) in the VBV port when the VBV is in a closed position, the VBV door to move between an open position and the closed position at a rotation angle (Δθ), the VBV door to extend a distance (LAact) beyond the first length (LA), wherein L A + L A a c t C - 2 * ( B V I P + 0 . 1 5 ) - 1 . 3 5 ≤ - 0.8 , and wherein B V I P = 0 . 1 5 * B A C 2 + 0 . 8 5 * Δ θ + β e x i t 2 π .
US12320252B2
A flow regulation system for downlink communication includes a fixed flow valve and a variable flow valve on a discharge line. A pressure sensor is located between the fixed flow valve and the variable flow valve. A sinusoidal communication flow pattern in the drilling fluid is generated by adjusting the position of the variable flow valve based on measured valve pressures from the pressure sensor.
US12320248B2
Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for determining an integrated surface-downhole integrity score for Christmas tree and wellhead assembly valves of an electrical submersible pump (ESP) oil well. Wellness surface parameters are determined for an ESP oil well operating at least one ESP. Wellness downhole parameters are determined for the oil well, including parameters indicating well integrity and pump efficiency. An integrated surface-downhole integrity score is determined using the wellness surface parameters and the wellness downhole parameters. The integrated surface-downhole integrity score indicates an integrated integrity of Christmas tree and wellhead assembly valves for the ESP oil well. An alert is provided in response to determining that the integrated surface-downhole integrity score exceeds a threshold. The alert is provided for presentation to an operator in a user interface.
US12320235B2
An insert valve installed, at least partially, in a safety valve that includes a flow port disposed on an exterior of the insert valve, a poppet configured to control a fluid flow through the flow port, a piston rod, disposed uphole from the poppet, configured to move the poppet past at least part of the flow port, and a hydraulic control port configured to control movement of the piston rod.
US12320234B2
Provided is a retrievable safety valve insert, a safety valve, a well system, and a method. The retrievable safety valve insert, in one aspect, includes an outer housing including an outer housing central bore extending axially therethrough, the outer housing central bore operable to convey subsurface production fluids there through. The insert, according to this aspect, may further include a lock mandrel having a lock mandrel profile extending radially outward from the outer housing, the lock mandrel profile movable between a radially retracted state and a radially expanded state configured to engage with an end sub profile of an end sub. The insert, according to this aspect, may further include a safety valve insert closure mechanism coupled to the outer housing proximate a downhole end of the outer housing central bore, the safety valve insert closure mechanism movable between an outer housing closed state and an outer housing open state.
US12320232B2
A method of installing a downhole device includes introducing a downhole device into a wellbore, the downhole device having a shape-memory article, the shape-memory article including a shape-memory polymer, wherein the downhole device is disposed when the shape-memory article is in a compacted shape; exposing the shape-memory article to a deployment emulsion containing an activation fluid emulsified in a non-reactive fluid; breaking the deployment emulsion to release the activation fluid; and contacting the shape-memory article in the compacted shape with the released activation fluid to deploy the shape-memory article.
US12320222B2
Systems and methods for coupling subsea tubular members together are provided. An apparatus may be used to properly orient and/or provide communication between a first subsea tubular member that is being landed on a second subsea tubular member. An apparatus for coupling subsea tubular members may include an alignment sub and a corresponding alignment member. The alignment sub includes: a generally cylindrical body having one or more fluid, electric, or fiber optic lines extending therethrough, one or more couplings coupled to at least one end of the alignment sub, and an orientation profile disposed on a surface of the alignment sub. The alignment member has a profile designed to interface with the orientation profile of the alignment sub. One of the alignment sub and the alignment member remains stationary while the other rotates relative to the stationary structure.
US12320219B2
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
US12320218B2
A system for fishing a wire lost downhole in a wellbore includes a wire catcher assembly and a wire cutter assembly. The wire catcher assembly includes a body that encases an end of the wire, a wire guide attached to the body which directs the end of the wire into the body, a gripping mechanism that secures the wire within the body, and a wireline unit that moves the wire catcher assembly within the wellbore. The wire cutter assembly includes a cutting element that cuts the wire and a housing that positions the cutting element along the wire in the wellbore.
US12320216B2
A sensor transportation apparatus to convey an elongate sensor assembly through a wellbore, the sensor transportation apparatus comprises a pair of axles and a pair of wheels corresponding with the pair of axles with each wheel mounted on a respective said axle to rotate about an axis of rotation perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the elongate sensor assembly. A protection structure extends longitudinally around each wheel to prevent a side of the wheel from contacting a wall of the wellbore. Each wheel extends above and below the protection structure to contact a side of the wellbore.
US12320211B1
An orienting tool includes a main body and collar, each connectable and disconnectable to at least one among a first set of interconnected tools and a second set of interconnected tools. In a setup configuration, at least one among the main body and collar, along with a respective tool set connected thereto, are rotatable relative to the other. In an operating configuration, a locking ring allows the main body to be rotationally locked to the collar.
US12320199B1
A cutting element for an earth-boring tool includes a substrate and a volume of polycrystalline diamond on the substrate. The volume of polycrystalline diamond has exterior surfaces defining a front cutting surface, a peripheral edge, and at least a pair of angled tip surfaces defining at least one cutting tip between the pair of angled tip surfaces. The front cutting surface includes a first planar region and a second planar region, one or both of which may include a cutting tip. The front cutting surface may be characterized as generally concave. Earth-boring tools include a tool body and one or more such cutting elements secured to the tool body.
US12320194B2
A roller shade mounting element comprising: a bracket having a first end configured to couple to a support surface and configured to support a roller window shade assembly; a first surface carried by the first end configured to bear against the support surface; a second end included in the bracket substantially opposite the first end; a second surface carried by the second end disposed between the first end and the second end, the second surface configured to support an end of the roller window shade assembly; and a member coupled with the bracket and configured to engage the roller window shade assembly, and the member configured to limit rotation of at least a portion of the roller window shade assembly; and, wherein the combination of the bracket and the roller window shade assembly completely obscures at least a portion of the bracket to an observer.
US12320193B2
This disclosure presents a safe high speed roll-up door with spiral brackets. To enable a high speed operation, robust spiral brackets having efficient spacing are provided to guide the plurality of sectional slats. Durable and low noise signature rollers are used. A unique assembly configuration of the slats and the tracks guiding the rollers enable quick replacement of each individual roller without disassembling the door. A double-belt counter weight mechanism balances the door and incorporates safety sensors that prevent loosening the belts when the door is jammed. The belts are further adjustable using ratchets such that adjustment for the horizontal balance as well as weight position is made effortless. In all, the high speed roll-up door using sectional slats performs faster and quieter, withstands greater loads, and lasts longer than other existing roll-up doors with spiral brackets.
US12320186B2
A plurality of stacked door skins is provided, the plurality including at least first and second door skins each including at least one inner panel, an outer body portion surrounding the at least one inner panel, and at least one contoured portion surrounding the at least one panel and interconnecting the at least one panel to the outer body portion. The at least one contoured portion includes a substantially V-shaped indent area adjacent to and within the outer body portion, a planar area that is substantially parallel to the outer body portion and is adjacent to and within the substantially V-shaped indent area, and a declining area adjacent to and within the planar area and terminating at the inner panel.
US12320182B2
A fenestration unit includes a sash configured to receive a glazing unit, and a frame. The frame includes a plurality of walls configured to support the sash. A first wall of the plurality of walls includes a cover coupling portion having a first cantilevered coupling wall spaced apart from a second cantilevered coupling wall. The frame includes an access cover defining at least one tab configured to releasably engage with at least one of the first cantilevered coupling wall and the second cantilevered coupling wall.
US12320174B2
A sliding door system includes a sliding door having a first door leaf, a second door leaf and a pivoting mechanism, and a housing for installing into a building wall. The sliding door mounted in the housing is displaceable beyond opposed first and second door openings of the housing. The pivoting mechanism converts a displacement movement of the sliding door into a pivoting movement of the first and second door leaves so that the first and second door leaves expose the first and second door openings respectively in a first position of the sliding door and close the openings in a second position of the sliding door. Deactivating the pivoting mechanism allows the sliding door to be moved beyond the door openings into a third position to service a component of the sliding door and/or to remove the sliding door the first and/or second door opening.
US12320167B2
A motor vehicle lock comprising a locking mechanism which essentially consists of a rotary latch and a pawl, further comprising a drive and a securing element. The drive acts on the securing element via a toothed rack element that is equipped with a blocking element. According to the invention, the blocking element is in the form of a tilting lever defining at least two end positions of the toothed rack element.
US12320166B2
A wrist cuff is designed to hold a user's arms together when seated on a transportation vehicle, like an airplane; the arms are slipped into each cuff and the cuffs are held together.
US12320162B2
A security lock comprises a slide with a bolt section along a side thereof and integral therewith, and a casing having a channel with an open side for receiving and retaining the bolt section. The bolt section and channel have substantially the same cross-section to allow for sliding engagement of the bolt section in the channel to a hold position. The bolt section has a recess with at least one defined axial boundary on its surface, aligned when the bolt is in the hold position with an opening in the wall of the channel. A cam and follower mechanism is mounted in the lock in which the cam is rotatable in the casing to at least one hold orientation at which the follower extends in the opening and into the recess when the bolt section is in the hold position to restrict movement of the bolt section along the channel. A key device can rotate the cam between at least one hold orientation and at least one other release orientation at which the follower can withdraw from the recess and release the bolt section in the channel.
US12320157B2
An electronic key may include a partial capacitor comprising a capacitive metal plate in communication with a processor. The capacitive metal plate of the partial capacitor is configured to form a capacitor with a corresponding capacitive metal plate of a lock when brought into proximity with the metal plate of the lock. Data may be transferred from the key to the lock using a capacitor formed by combining the two metal plates, wherein a common ground is established between the metal plate of the key and the metal plate of the lock through a parasitic capacitance present between the key and lock circuitry. Audit trail data may be recorded based on usage of the key.
US12320156B2
The present disclosure provides a driving mechanism for a door lock and a door lock. The driving mechanism includes a motor, a planet gear assembly and a holding frame. The planet gear assembly includes a gear ring, a planet gear and a sun gear. The motor is rotatably coupled to the sun gear. The gear ring defines a receiving space. The planet gear and part of the sun gear are received in the receiving space. The planet gear is rotatably coupled between the sun gear and the gear ring. The holding frame is located on one side of the planet gear assembly. The planet gear is coupled to the holding frame. When the gear ring is in an unmovable state, the sun gear is rotated by the motor. When the sun gear is in an unmovable state, the gear ring is controlled to rotate.
US12320148B2
An actuator-controlled electric strike for operating in conjunction with a spring latch of a lockset is provided. The strike comprises a housing having an entry chamber therein, and a spring latch keeper disposed in the entry chamber for movement between a keeper locked position and a keeper unlocked position. The spring latch keeper is rotatable about a keeper axis of rotation. The spring latch keeper includes: a keeper face configured for abutting contact with the spring latch when the spring latch is disposed in the entry chamber and the spring latch is in the engaged position; a second surface recessed from the keeper face, and a spring latch contact ridge positioned between the keeper face and the second surface, wherein the spring latch contact ridge is disposed at a non-perpendicular angle from the keeper axis of rotation.
US12320143B2
An improved drain for an above-ground pool is disclosed. A variety of above-ground pool types are considered. Above-ground pools must be drained after use before being stored in a lengthy and time-consuming process. The improved drain can advantageously remain open during the draining process allowing for improved drainage. The drain can comprise a plug member and a locking member. The plug member can be configured to attach to the locking member when open. This and other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US12320140B1
An assembling method of a hidden interconnection arrangement of fence or railing is provided, wherein a downward force applied to a top wall of a lateral beam is able to press a bottom guider edge of a lower engaging arm downwards against a top edge of an engaging rail that generates a reaction force to enlarge a bottom opening of the lateral beam to allow the engaging rail to be engaged in an engaging recess and locked between an upper engaging arm and the lower engaging arm of the lateral beam while fasteners that fastened the engaging rails to a plurality of upright posts are hidden and concealed by the lateral beams and the pressing walls of the lateral beams press against flat surfaces of the upright posts respectively.
US12320137B2
The present disclosure relates to an improved holding device for receiving and holding a variety of articles upright or vertically. The present holding device includes a flexible chamber configured for receiving articles of various shapes and sizes and securing the articles in the upright position. The stabilizing base can be any shape or design, and accommodates various decorations, logos and brands for display. The present disclosure further relates to an improved holding device assembly.
US12320136B2
A docking station for a medical device is described. In some examples, the docking station includes a frame and a base plate coupled to the frame. At least a portion of the base plate is coupled to a lower portion of the frame. In some examples, an electronic connector of the docking station is configured to couple to the medical device and to provide power to the medical device when the medical device is docked to the docking station. In some examples, a docking mechanism is coupled to an upper portion of the frame and configured to retain the medical device.
US12320135B2
A rack apparatus may have a plurality of uprights and stanchions coupled to a base, where the uprights and the stanchions may form areas configured to receive and support scaffolding and at least one working component. The base may be configured to be transported by a material handling device.
US12320134B2
It provides a reinforcing bar binding machine capable of surely wrapping and binding a wire to a binding object. The reinforcing bar binding machine includes a magazine in which two wires are housed so as to be drawable, a curl guide unit which winds the arranged wires around the reinforcing bar, by the operation of feeding the parallel wires at the curl guide unit to wind around the reinforcing bar, a wire feeding unit which to wrap around the reinforcing bar with the wires wound around the reinforcing bar, and a binding unit which twists a intersecting portion between one end side and the other end side of the wire wound around the reinforcing bar.
US12320132B2
The present disclosure provides tools, systems, and methods for leveling and aligning tiles. A tile leveling tool for guiding installation of tiles on an uneven installation surface comprises: an elongated main body extending along a longitudinal axis thereof, from a first end to a second end, wherein the main body further comprises a flat reference side, wherein the reference side has a straight reference edge parallel to the longitudinal axis; and at least one adjustable spacer extending from the main body configured to extend toward the installation surface, wherein the adjustable spacer is configured to adjust a space between the main body and the installation surface to arrange the reference edge straight across the uneven installation surface and to guide the installation of the tiles evenly.
US12320128B2
A decorative sheet is provided that includes a paper substrate, a printed pattern layer arranged to face a major surface of the paper substrate, and a single-layer or multilayered surface protective layer arranged to face the pattern layer, the surface protective layer comprising a coating layer as an outermost layer of the decorative sheet, the coating layer being comprised of a coating containing antiviral additive particles (e.g., antiviral agent), the antiviral additive particles comprising finely divided silver. Further, the coating layer may contain a silicone-based component or a fluorine-based component, which imparts contamination resistance to the coating layer; the amount of the antiviral additive particles in the coating layer may be 0.2 mass % or more and 12 mass % or less relative to the total solid content of the coating layer; and the thickness of the coating layer may be 3 μm or more.
US12320120B2
Disclosed herein are various components for configuring, assembling, and customizing modular gutter guard systems for trough-style and built-in gutter systems. Such customizable gutter guard systems are designed and arranged to be positioned across the opening of a trough or box gutter and include a water management features to assist in managing the flow of rainwater across the gutter guard system. The modular assembly includes a number of configurable components for use with a specific trough-style or built-in gutter system based on the trough-style or built-in gutter system's design, size, and/or dimensions and the anticipated volume and flowrate of rainwater flowing to the rain gutter system. Such customizable components include a main body, a mesh screen, and front and rear receivers. The main body and mesh screen can be secured together to form a main body subassembly, and a water management feature can be formed in the main body subassembly.
US12320119B2
In the roof window (1), each sash member (31, 32) comprises a profile element (31a, 32a), an inner element (32c) and an intermediate element (31b, 32b) forming a connection between the profile element and the inner element of each sash member in an assembled condition of the sash (3). The profile elements (31a, 32a) of the sash members (31, 32) are located along respective exterior edge portions of the pane (4) in the assembled condition of the sash (3), and the profile elements (31a, 32a) of the top sash member (31) and the two side sash members (32) are formed as a set of longitudinal profiles of substantially uniform cross-section.
US12320094B1
An excavating apparatus is for making a regular conical pit. The apparatus includes a soil conveyor assembly and a soil excavator assembly. The soil conveyor assembly includes a continuous conveyor belt that extends between a previously excavated center low point and past the edge of the desired conical pit. The soil excavator assembly includes a beam. The lower end of the beam is anchored in a pivoting fashion at the center low point and the upper end of the beam is supported by a wheeled carriage that is able to roll around the periphery of the pit. The beam carries a digging unit that translates along the beam between the edge of the desired pit and the center low point as it pushes excavated soil to the soil conveyor intake. Repeated translations of the digging unit and rotation of the beam around the center point yields a smooth conical pit.
US12320086B2
A snowthrower comprising an auger housing incorporating a resilient scraper attached to a lower edge of a rear wall of the housing. The scraper is configured to permit effective scraping of snow at the ground surface, while reducing damage to the housing that may otherwise result from traversal of the housing over obstacles such as handhole and manway covers during snowthrower operation.
US12320083B1
A barrier is formed from one or more intermediate posts situated between a pair of end posts. Long flexible cables interconnect the end posts and extend adjacent each intermediate post. Each cable is wrapped one or more times around each post. End posts may include dual columns that permit cable windings around both columns. A spike embedded within the end of each cable enhances the purchase that can be gained by a clamp that presses the cable against the end post. The clamp has contact elements with converging side walls that grip the cable near the spike. To maintain the spike in place, a wire rope clip grips the cable over a constriction in its contained spike. Each cable is enclosed by a cable cover extending between adjacent posts. The cable cover is suspended at each post by a pair of tiltable hangers.
US12320079B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a ground milling machine, in particular a road milling machine, a stabilizer, a recycler, a surface miner or the like, having an interchangeable milling drum, wherein the milling drum is equipped with a plurality of milling tools, in particular round shank picks, wherein the milling drum has a current state, wherein a control unit is provided for controlling at least one function of the ground milling machine, and wherein the milling drum has a characteristic feature or a characteristic feature is assigned to the milling drum. According to the invention, provision is made that at least one data set containing information on the current state of the milling drum is stored in a storage unit, the characteristic feature identifying the milling drum is assigned to the data set in the storage unit, and this data set is transmitted to a processing device.
US12320071B2
The invention relates to a composition for use in a manufacture of paper, board or the like. The composition comprises a mixture of cationic starch having amylopectin content of at least 85%, and an amphoteric polymeric structure comprising structural units originating from non-ionic monomers, preferably (meth)acrylamide, anionic groups and cationic groups, the polymeric structure comprising cationic groups at least 0.2 mol-%.
US12320067B2
The present invention provides a composition and process for preparing a depolymered paper product from polymer-coated paper waste, comprising the steps of treating shredded polymer-coated paper waste with a polymer removing composition comprising a mixture of a solvent component, a surfactant component, and an acidic component.
US12320048B2
Devices and related methods for, among other things, maintaining the warp/weft threads of a backing layer of material (e.g., fabric) in a fixed orientation while being sewed are described and provided.
US12320046B2
A method of creating a soft and lofty continuous fiber nonwoven web is provided. The method includes providing first and second, different molten polymers to a spinneret defining a plurality of orifices and flowing a fluid intermediate the spinneret and a moving porous member. The method includes using the fluid to draw the first and second molten polymers, in a direction toward the porous member, through at least some of the plurality of orifices to form a plurality of individual continuous fiber strands. The method includes depositing the continuous fiber strands onto the porous member at a first location to produce an intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web, and varying, in at least two different zones, a vacuum force applied to the moving porous member and to the intermediate web downstream of the first location and without any heat applied.
US12320038B2
Provided are a filament having, after a water absorption treatment, a high maintenance rate of linear strength and a high maintenance rate of knot strength, and a fishing line. The filament contains a polyamide resin (A), and the polyamide resin (A) is constituted from a constituent unit derived from a diamine and a constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid, and 70 mol % or more of the constituent units derived from a diamine are derived from xylylene diamine, and 70 mol % or more of the constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid are derived from an α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 11 to 14 carbons.
US12320034B2
A method of heat-treating a silicon wafer using a lateral heat treatment furnace that can improve the product yield by restricting reduction in the lifetime value of silicon wafers placed in the vicinity of dummy blocks placed to equalize the temperature of the region where the wafers are placed. In a method of heat-treating a silicon wafer using a lateral heat treatment furnace, a boat is placed in a hollow cylindrical furnace core tube, and on the boat, at least one of a first additional block between a first dummy block and a wafer group and a second additional block between a second dummy block and the wafer group is placed.
US12320025B2
A method of depositing a high entropy alloy onto an electrode surface is provided. The method includes providing a bath including a plurality of ions of a plurality of metals. The method further includes submerging, at least partially, an electrode including an electrode surface in the bath. The method further includes applying a voltage to the electrode to form a high entropy alloy on the electrode surface.
US12320018B2
An electrode includes a substrate having a body and a plurality of elongate first lands projecting away from the body. Each pair of adjacent lands define a channel therebetween, where the plurality of elongate first lands defines a plurality of first channels. The substrate defines an x-y-z coordinate system, where each of the plurality of elongate first lands defines a longitudinal axis about parallel to the x-y plane. Moreover, each of the plurality of elongate first lands projects away from the body by a height in the z-direction. In addition, the electrode includes an inlet and an outlet where the plurality of first channels are configured to allow flow of fluid from the inlet to the outlet.
US12320014B2
Microorganisms and bioprocesses are provided that convert gaseous C1 containing substrates, such as syngas, producer gas, and renewable H2 combined with CO2, into nutritional and other useful bioproducts.
US12320011B2
Induction heating facilitated coating systems and processes for pipes overcome corrosion and erosion of the pipes at extreme temperatures and pressures in applications including oil and gas downhole tubulars and pipelines as well as processing facilities. Being based on vitreous fused inorganic compounds, the present invention achieves very high corrosion resistance at remarkably modest cost. Attractive economics and immunity to chlorides and moisture permeation at extreme concentrations and temperatures also make it well suited to desalination plants and potable water piping applications. Due to its extreme temperature resistance, it also is very well suited for geothermal wells. Additionally, due to its characteristic smooth durable surface, the present invention is ideally suited for applications involving the opposite of corrosion, namely scaling problems, such as fouling in sewage systems and scale buildup in heavy oil wells.
US12320001B2
A composition is used in a process for depositing a silicon oxide film or a carbon doped silicon oxide film using a deposition process, wherein the composition includes at least one silicon precursor having a structure represented by Formula I as described herein
US12319997B2
A layer of lanthanum boride of stoichiometry LaBx where x is between 9 and 12 is deposited on substrate, for example a stainless steel watch dial, and subsequently treated with a laser, such that the portion(s) of the layer treated with the laser change colour according to the laser power. This produces multicoloured surfaces having high resistance to corrosion and abrasion. The layer of LaBx is deposited by PVD and by cathode sputtering, using a LaB6 target of purple-violet colour, such that the colour of the deposited layer differs from the colour of the target. The laser treatment at specific powers changes the stoichiometry of the layer in the treatment portions, such that the colour of these portions changes according to the stoichiometry obtained. At higher powers, the laser will remove the layer of LaBx. Thus the colour of the treated portions is determined by the material of the substrate.
US12319992B2
The invention relates to a cold rolled steel sheet having a composition consisting of (in wt. %): C 0.15-0.25; Si 0.5-1.6; Mn 2.2-2.8; Cr≤0.8; Mo≤0.2; Al 0.03-1.0; Nb≤0.04; V≤0.04; Ti 0.02-0.04; B 0.001-0.005; balance Fe apart from impurities, wherein the impurity contents of Cu and Ni are limited to ≤0.15, the cold rolled steel has a multiphase microstructure comprising a matrix of bainitic ferrite and ≤10 vol. % polygonal ferrite and the tensile strength (Rm) is 980-1500 MPa.
US12319983B2
A method for the granulation of a metallurgical slag includes blowing, from a blower or air nozzle, heated air onto liquid slag to atomize the liquid slag and subsequently form granulated slag as the atomized slag cools. The granulated slag is blown into and collected by a working chamber. In order to ensure a high quality of the granulated slag and operate in an energy-efficient manner, the atomization is provided by blowing a heated air jet free from the addition of water onto the liquid slag. The granulated slag particles are collected in the floor region of the working chamber. Air that is released from the working chamber is either supplied to a heat exchanger, which further heats the air jet blown onto the liquid slag, or the released air is directly recirculated to the blower or air nozzle in order to atomize the supply of liquid slag.
US12319978B2
Disclosed are a sealed cobalt leaching device, a reagent for the cobalt leaching, a method using the device, and use of the method. The sealed cobalt leaching device includes a base, where a top of the base is provided with a first groove; a chemical solution holding tool is provided above the base; a bottom of the chemical solution holding tool is removably connected to the base; a holding through-hole penetrating up and down is formed inside the chemical solution holding tool; and a sealing cover is provided above the chemical solution holding tool. Beneficial effects of the present disclosure: Through the combination of the base, the chemical solution holding tool, and the sealing cover, the holding through-hole inside the chemical solution holding tool is sealed, thereby improving the cobalt leaching temperature and the cobalt leaching efficiency.
US12319964B2
The disclosure provides compositions, methods, and systems for implementation of highly multiplexed molecular diagnostic assays involving color combinatorics, stimulus-responsive probes, tandem probes, conjugated polymer probes, and other mechanisms for increasing the number of targets that can be simultaneously detected in a digital assay. Multiplexed detection of targets is achieved in a rapid manner, with respect to sample partitioning and target detection using multiple color channels for detection. Implementation of methods described also achieve detection with significantly improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values.
US12319957B2
Disclosed are compositions, methods and kits for determining the presence, absence, amount, copy number, or other characteristics of one or more polynucleotide sequences in two or more samples and use thereof in genotyping, evaluation of copy number variation, expression analysis, determination of splice variants and fusion genes, and other genetic analyses.
US12319956B2
The present disclosure relates in some aspects to methods, systems, and kits for analyzing a biological sample comprising generating a rolling circle amplification product (RCP) using a target ribonucleic acid (RNA) as a primer. In some aspects, RNase H and a nucleic acid oligonucleotide are used to generate a free 3′ end of the target RNA to prime RCA.
US12319954B2
This disclosure relates to novel morphinan compounds and their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This disclosure also provides compositions comprising a compound of this disclosure and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a σ1 receptor agonist that also has NMDA antagonist activity.
US12319949B2
Disclosed herein are improved processes for making mannose including the step of converting the M6P to mannose, catalyzed by a M6PP, using enzymes with higher activities compared to M6PPs previously used in a process to produce mannose.
US12319945B2
The present invention relates to a process for biocatalytic amidation of non-protected amino acids comprising the step of contacting a non-protected amino acid with an ammonia source in the presence of an organic solvent and an enzyme.
US12319940B2
The present invention provides, among other things, improved methods for purifying arylsulfatase A (ASA) protein produced recombinantly for enzyme replacement therapy. The present invention is, in part, based on the surprising discovery that recombinant ASA protein can be purified from unprocessed biological materials, such as, ASA-containing cell culture medium, using a process involving as few as four chromatography columns and only one step of post-chromatographic ultrafiltration/diafiltration.
US12319939B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of biotechnology, in particular to carbonyl reductase mutant and its application. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a carbonyl reductase mutant for catalyzing the preparation of (R)-8-chloro-6-hydroxyoctanoic acid ethyl ester from 8-chloro-6-oxooctanoic acid ethyl ester. The mutant protein is a non natural protein and undergoes mutations in three core amino acids related to enzyme catalytic activity in the initial carbonyl reductase. The advantageous effect of the present disclosure is that the carbonyl reductase mutant provided by the present disclosure has the characteristic of efficiently catalyzing the preparation of the precursor substance (R)-8-chloro-6-hydroxyoctanoic acid from 8-chloro-6-oxooctanoic acid ethyl ester, and can efficiently catalyze the oxidation-reduction reaction of 8-chloro-6-oxooctanoic acid, with a product space-time yield of 99.9 g·L−1·h−1 or more.
US12319934B2
Protein enriched micro-vesicles and methods of making and using the same are provided. Aspects of the methods include maintaining a cell having a membrane-associated protein comprising a first dimerization domain and a target protein having a second dimerization domain under conditions sufficient to produce a micro-vesicle from the cell, wherein the micro-vesicle includes the target protein. Also provided are cells, reagents and kits that find use in making the micro-vesicles, as well as methods of using the micro-vesicles, e.g., in research and therapeutic applications.
US12319931B2
Provided is an oncolytic virus expressing interferon. Specifically provided is an oncolytic adenovirus comprising a fusion protein expressing interferon, said oncolytic virus being capable of effectively suppressing tumors in vitro and in vivo.
US12319930B2
New synthetic expression cassettes comprising a minimal promoter and a cell-specific enhancer for expression of a nucleic acid of interest in one or more specific cell subtypes are disclosed. Vectors and host cells comprising such synthetic expression cassettes are also disclosed. The application also discloses methods for expressing a nucleic acid of interest, such as a nucleic acid encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), in a cell and for treating diseases or conditions such as cancers and genetic diseases using the synthetic expression cassettes, vectors and cells.
US12319929B2
The present disclosure relates to methods, formulations and devices for the delivery and therapeutic administration of polynucleotides encoding AADC. The present disclosure relates to methods, formulations and devices for the delivery and therapeutic administration of AAV vectors which include polynucleotides encoding AADC. The present disclosure relates to methods, formulations and devices for the delivery and therapeutic administration of polynucleotides encoding AADC in the treatment of neurological diseases, disorders and conditions, including Parkinson's Disease.
US12319928B2
The disclosed technology includes methods of treating Danon disease, for example correcting genetic mutations in the LAMP-2 gene and ameliorating at least one Danon disease phenotype, for example defective LAMP-2B-mediated autophagy. In some implementations, the disclosed methods include editing a mutated form of the LAMP-2 gene in a patient in need thereof. In some implementations, editing the mutated form of the LAMP-2 gene may include use of a CRISPR editing technique targeted to the mutated form of the LAMP-2 gene. As a result, mutated LAMP-2 proteins in mammalian subjects may be restored in at least some of the affected cells, for example cardiomyocytes.
US12319918B2
This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a promoter from a GmCAB2 gene. Some embodiments relate to a promoter or a 5′ UTR from a GmCAB2 gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Other embodiments relate to a 3′ UTR or a terminator from a GmCAB2 gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.
US12319917B2
The disclosure relates to gene expression modulation elements from plants and their use in modulating the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants. The disclosure further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, plants and seeds containing the expression modulating elements, and methods using the same.
US12319915B2
Novel cytotoxic fluoropyrimidine polymers for treating cancer (e.g., colorectal cancer (CRC)) in a subject (e.g., a subject having cancer) are nucleic acid molecules including 5-fluoro-2′deoxyuridine monophosphate (FdUMP)[10] having a polyethylene glycol (PEG) spacer appended to the 5′ terminus and a cytarabine (AraC) nucleotide appended to 3′termius. These novel cytotoxic fluoropyrimidine polymers may be used in compositions, kits and methods for treating advanced and high-risk cancers, including CRC.
US12319903B2
The present invention provides elastic assemblies used to model tissues or organs of interest. In one embodiment, detailed herein, the assemblies are designed to model the blood brain barrier following a traumatic brain injury. The present invention also provides elastic membranes on which the assemblies are built, kits from which the assemblies may be prepared, and systems that expand upon the assemblies, forming more physiologically relevant models. Methods for making and using the disclosed devices are also provided.
US12319901B2
A microfluidic device comprises a cell flow layer and a control layer. The cell flow layer includes a growth channel, a collection channel, a plurality of bridge channels connecting the growth channel and the collection channel, a plurality of bridge valve portions, and a plurality of cell growth trenches coupled to the growth channel. The growth channel includes an inlet valve portion and an outlet valve portion controlling flow into and out of the growth channel. The collection channel includes an inlet valve portion and an outlet valve controlling flow into and out of the collection channel. The bridge valve portions control flow between the growth channel and the collection channel. The control layer includes a first control channel actuating the bridge valve portions and a second control channel actuating the inlet valve portions and the outlet valve portions of the growth channel and the collection channel.
US12319893B2
A compressed unit dose toilet cleaning tablet for use with a wand. The unit dose contains surfactant, organic acid, and an organic acid buffering agent and is compressed into a tablet or puck that dissolves in toilet water after cleaning. The tablet has a top surface, a bottom surface, a height extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and a diameter. The top surface has an indentation adapted to receive and engage with a wand. A ratio of the height to the diameter of the tablet is between 0.2 and 0.3. A kit contains a plurality of the tablets and a wand.
US12319892B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus method and systems for assembling a candle having a container, wick and wax, wherein the wick is placed in the desired location within the container using a magnet.
US12319880B2
A process for oligomerizing and oligomerizing olefins to distillate fuels which regenerates a first stage oligomerization catalyst bed and/or a second oligomerization catalyst bed in situ by contact with an oxygen gas at elevated temperature. The oligomerization catalyst can be restored to full activity. A regeneration process can enable continuous operation.
US12319864B2
An object is to provide a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. A solution to the problem is to provide a composition containing a refrigerant that contains trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)) and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze).
US12319858B2
For the organic compound in the present disclosure, by the combination of an anthracene ring and a specific substituent group, a structure of the organic compound has good hole and electron mobility and injection characteristics, and the stability of the compound may be improved. A boron-nitrogen compound provided in the present disclosure has excellent light-emitting characteristics due to a narrow full width at half maximum. When an organic light-emitting device is fabricated by using both the boron-nitrogen compound and the organic compound provided in the present disclosure as a light-emitting layer material, it may be possible to effectively enable the organic light-emitting device to have a relatively low driving voltage and maintain the stability of the voltage, the light-emitting efficiency may be improved, and the service life of the device can also be relatively long.
US12319856B2
The present disclosure teaches an article of manufacture using an industrial (or commercial) manufacturing process. The article of manufacture comprises an infrared (IR) luminescent material that emits in the IR wavelength range (e.g., from approximately seven-hundred nanometers (˜700 nm) to approximately one millimeter (˜1 mm)) after being excited by incident wavelengths of between ˜100 nm and ˜750 nm (or visible light). In other words, once the material has been exposed to visible light, the material will continue to emit in the IR wavelength range for a period of time, even when the material is no longer exposed to the visible light.
US12319855B2
A block copolymer comprising a polymer block (A) mainly comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit, and a polymer block (B) mainly comprising a conjugated diene monomer unit, the block copolymer being represented by the following general formula (1) or (2): wherein each curved portion represents a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or optionally has a substituent, X represents a group 1 element, and “polymer” represents a polymer moiety.
US12319842B2
A production process of a polishing stone includes a glass sphere feeding step of feeding glass spheres into a mold, and a firing step of heating the mold with the glass spheres filled therein at a temperature higher than a softening point and lower than a melting point of the glass spheres, thereby forming a glass block as the polishing stone. In the firing step, the heating is stopped with air bubbles still dispersed and remaining in interstices between the glass spheres in a dispersed manner.
US12319827B2
The present disclosure provides a conductive ink or a conductive paste having highly conductive property and excellent low-temperature sinterability. One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a conductive ink or a conductive paste containing metal nanoparticles, a water or a hydrophilic solvent having a vapor pressure of 10 hPa or more, and an additive solvent. A distance Ra between a Hansen solubility parameter of the metal nanoparticles and a Hansen solubility parameter of the additive solvent is in a range of from 2.5 to 13. A distance Rb between a Hansen solubility parameter of the water or the hydrophilic solvent and the Hansen solubility parameter of the additive solvent is 35 or less. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for producing the conductive ink or the conductive paste, and a method for selecting the additive solvent contained in the conductive ink or the conductive paste.
US12319824B2
An ink set includes a first ink composition containing water, a dispersant, a colorant, and an ampholyte; and a second ink composition containing water, a colorant, and a resin containing an unneutralized acid group.
US12319818B2
Provided is a charge-adjustment powder having an excellent ability to regulate a charging property on a surface of a target to be charge-adjusted within a certain range, and to maintain the applied charge. The charge-adjustment powder is formed with particles having titanium-niobium oxide on at least a part of a surface of a core, and the content of an alkali metal is set to be 20.0 mmol/kg or less based on the whole.
US12319816B2
A wax-extender emulsion is described herein. In one aspect, the wax-extender emulsion includes a wax component. The wax component may be a petroleum-based wax, a bio-based wax, a synthetic wax or mixtures thereof. The wax-extender emulsion includes a dewatered, kraft lignin associated with the wax component and a pH modifier. The pH modifier a monofunctional amine, a multi-functional amine, an alkali metal salt, an alkaline earth metal salt, or combinations thereof. In one aspect, the emulsion comprises 20 wt % to 60 wt % wax component. During manufacturing, the dewatered, kraft lignin and the wax component may be emulsified and homogenized together to produce the wax-extender emulsion. The wax-extender emulsion can be co-applied as a mixture with adhesive resin during wood-based composite manufacturing.
US12319814B2
A polyamideimide resin containing a structural unit (Ia) represented by a formula shown below, and a structural unit (IIa) represented by a formula shown below. In the formula (Ia), each X independently represents a hydrogen atom, or at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, alkyl groups of 1 to 9 carbon, atoms, and alkoxy groups and hydroxyalkyl groups of 1 to 9 carbon atoms. In the formula (IIa), each R independently represents a hydrogen atom, or at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups of 1 to 9 carbon atoms, alkoxy groups of 1 to 9 carbon atoms and halogen atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 6.
US12319799B2
Methods of forming porous media (e.g., membranes for liquid separations or parts thereof) via polymerization, and related articles, are generally described. In some instances, two components are combined such that a polymerization (e.g., interfacial polymerization) reaction occurs, resulting in the formation of polymer layer (e.g., an active layer). In some instances, the two components include a first solution including water and a relatively low concentration of a first monomer (e.g., an amine-containing monomer such as optionally-substituted m-phenylenediamine) and a second solution including a nonpolar organic liquid and a relatively low concentration of a second monomer (e.g., an acid halide-containing monomer such as an optionally-substituted trimesoyl chloride).
US12319793B2
A method of manufacturing resin composition includes following operations. A nano-particle filler, a micro-inorganic particle, and a resin are stirred and mixed to form a mixture. The mixture is centrifuged at a high speed to form an upper layer mixing liquid and a lower layer mixing liquid. The upper layer mixing liquid is taken out and obtains the resin composition.
US12319791B2
The present invention relates to a polybutylene terephthalate composition and the manufacturing method thereof. The change rate of crystallization heat flow of the polybutylene terephthalate composition is greater than 200 mW/g-min, and the change rate of crystallization heat flow is determined according to the method of ISO 11357-3:2018. The polybutylene terephthalate composition of this invention has ideal heat resistance and low impurity content, and it is highly applicable in subsequent processing.
US12319790B2
Methods and systems of the present invention use mixed textile feedstock, which may include post-consumer waste garments, scrap fabric and/or other textile materials as a raw feed material to produce isolated cellulose and other isolated molecules having desirable properties that can be used and be used in the textile and apparel industries, and in other industries. A multi-stage process is provided, in which mixed textile feed material is subjected to one or more pretreatment stages, followed by at least two pulping treatments for isolating cellulose molecules and other molecular constituents, such as polyester. The isolated cellulose and polyester molecules may be used in a variety of downstream applications. In one application, isolated cellulose and polyester molecules are extruded to provide regenerated cellulose fibers and regenerated polyester fibers having desirable (and selectable) properties that are usable in various industrial applications, including textile production.
US12319789B2
A process of extraction, quantification and recovery of additives in polypropylene with the stages of washing the plastic material (A), grinding the material (A) to a particle size from 10 to 500 microns, extraction where the material (A) is transferred to a column (1) and then such material successively passes through column (2), column (3) and column (4), respectively, for successive extractions with solvents (I), (II), (III) and (IV), packed column extraction, where the solvent with the additives obtained from each extraction in columns (1), (2), (3) and (4) passes through packed columns (1′), (2′), (3′) and (4′), respectively, crystallization of the additives obtained after each extraction stage in packed columns (1′), (2′), (3′) and (4′) respectively; and quantification of the additives obtained and where the residual material without additives is subjected to pyrolysis.
US12319781B2
A composition, process, and device are disclosed. The composition includes a polymer formed by reacting an epoxy compound with an amine curing agent. The epoxy compound comprises a Diels-Alder dimer and an ester moiety. The process includes providing a polymer formed by reacting the epoxy compound with the amine curing agent. The device includes a material that includes the polymer.
US12319779B2
The disclosure relates to a polyurethane prepolymer and corresponding crosslinked network polymer incorporating lignin as a natural polyol in the polyurethane system. The polyurethane prepolymer includes a reaction product between an isocyanate, lignin, and a cyclic alkyl carbonate. The reaction product includes (i) free isocyanate groups and/or free hydroxyl groups, (ii) urethane linking groups between residues of lignin aliphatic hydroxyl groups and the isocyanate, (iii) ester linking groups between residues of lignin aromatic hydroxyl groups and a ring-opened form of the cyclic alkyl carbonate, and (iv) optionally urethane linking groups between residues of the ring-opened cyclic alkyl carbonate and the isocyanate. The polyurethane polymer can be a networked, crosslinked polymerization product of the prepolymer reaction product, for example in combination with a lignin curing agent. The polyurethane polymer can be used as a coating on a substrate, an adhesive joining multiple substrates, etc.
US12319775B2
Processes of polymerizing olefin monomers using catalyst systems and catalysts systems that include a procatalyst having a structure according to formula (I).
US12319768B2
A dark-colored system photopolymerization composition, comprising: 20-80 phr of photopolymerizable prepolymer, 5-60 phr of photopolymerizable monomer, 0.2-8 phr of photoinitiator, and 0.1-5 phr of melanin, 0.05-5 phr of upconversion materials. The composition can construct photopolymerization under near-infrared irradiation. The dark pigment can avoid the strong absorption of near-infrared light, and the upconversion material can absorb near-infrared light with good penetrating ability and emit ultraviolet or visible light to induce the decomposition of free radicals or ionic photoinitiators in the composition. Then produced active species realize the photopolymerization of dark-colored compositions. The invention increases the depth of photopolymerization of dark-colored compositions and improves the mechanical properties of the polymer, that will broaden application fields of photopolymerization materials.
US12319765B2
The invention provides a method for producing a polymer used as a base film for cell culture which comprises (i) preparing a mixture containing (a) a monomer of formula (I): wherein Ua1 and Ua2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, Ra1 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and Ra2 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, (b) a radical polymerization initiator, and (c) an organic solvent, and (ii) preparing a polymer by raising a temperature of the mixture under stirring to polymerize the monomer. The invention also provides methods of producing a base film for cell culture and a cell culture container.
US12319764B2
The present invention pertains to vinylidene fluoride copolymers having improved flexibility, said copolymers comprising recurring units derived from hydrophilic (meth)acrylic monomers and from perhalogenated monomers, to a process for the manufacture of said copolymers, and to their use in applications where outstanding flexibility is required.
US12319755B2
A process (and a related system) for collecting samples of a polymerization catalyst or of a catalyst-containing polymer from an operation unit, having an upper end and a lower end, of a polymerization plant, including the steps of: a) extracting a prefixed amount of product from the lower end of the operation unit through a discharge valve; b) directing the product towards a filtering unit through an inlet valve; c) flushing an inert gas through the filtering unit; d) outgassing the filtering unit, through the outlet valve; and e) displacing the filtering unit, for collecting the sample.
US12319748B2
Provided is an antibody binding to human HER2 or an antigen-binding fragment thereof capable of specifically binding to human HER2. Compared with Perjeta, the combination of the antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof and Herceptin has improved biological activity in inhibiting the proliferation of tumor cells overexpressing HER2. The antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof has an antigen-binding epitope different from known antibodies binding to human HER2, can be used to prepare a drug for treating a disease related to HER2 overexpression, such as cancer, and has good prospects for clinical application.
US12319746B2
A bispecific anti-GPNMB/anti-CD3 antibody specifically binds to CD3 (cluster of differentiation 3) and GPNMB (glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein B) and uses thereof are disclosed. The bispecific antibody shows high affinity and specificity to CD3 and GPNMB and thus can induce death of cancer cells expressing GPNMB and inhibit proliferation thereof. Therefore, the bispecific antibody can be used as an effective therapeutic agent for cancers expressing GPNMB.
US12319743B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to a molecular payload. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload inhibits expression or activity of a DMPK allele comprising a disease-associated-repeat. In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi oligonucleotide.
US12319735B2
The present invention provides co-formulations of anti-PD-1 antibodies and anti-LAG3 antibodies, and their use in treating various disorders.
US12319731B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a human monoclonal antibody that has a high inhibitory activity on phosphorylation of Ser46 of human MARCKS and binds specifically to human HMGB1, and a pharmaceutical composition or the like for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease, containing the antibody as an active component. A human monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to human HMGB1 and contains a heavy-chain CDR1, a heavy-chain CDR2, and a heavy-chain CDR3 consisting of specific amino acid sequences and a light-chain CDR1, a light-chain CDR2, and a light-chain CDR3 consisting of specific amino acid sequences is used. The human monoclonal antibody can also be used as a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
US12319729B1
The present disclosure provides an anti-Staphylococcus aureus specific antibody and the nucleic acid encoding sequence thereof, and uses of the same. The anti-Staphylococcus aureus specific antibody of the present disclosure achieves the effect of treating Staphylococcus aureus infection and enhancing immune cells against Staphylococcus aureus through various efficacy experiments.
US12319709B2
Disclosed herein are diaryl trehalose compounds and methods of use thereof, for example as vaccine adjuvants.
US12319703B2
Provided are compounds represented by Formula IA: (IA), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R, R1a, R1b, L1, L2, L3, X, A, B and C are as defined as set forth in the specification. Also provided compounds of Formula IA for use to treat a condition or disorder responsive to Mcl-1 inhibition such as cancer.
US12319699B2
The subject matter of the invention relates to novel sulfonamide derivatives of 7-methyl-5-phenyl-pyrazolo[4,3-c]tetrazolo[4,5-b] [1,2,4]triazine comprising L-proline or 4-hydroxy-L-proline in the sulfonamide group. The novel compounds exhibit cytostatic activity against gastric cancer cell (AGS) and colorectal cancer cell (DLD-1 and HT-29) lines and may be used as novel medicaments which have anticancer action. The subject matter of the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such derivatives, as well as uses thereof and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.
US12319691B2
The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula I, useful for the activation of Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 (“TREM2”). This disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, uses of the compounds, and compositions for treatment of, for example, a neurodegenerative disorder. Further, the disclosure provides intermediates useful in the synthesis of compounds of Formula I.
US12319688B2
A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting device includes a fluorescent substance and a phosphorescent substance or a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material; the fluorescent substance includes a luminophore and five or more protecting groups; the luminophore is a condensed aromatic ring or a condensed heteroaromatic ring; the five or more protecting groups each have any one of an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and a trialkylsilyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms; the lowest singlet excitation energy level of the fluorescent substance is higher than the lowest triplet excitation energy level of the phosphorescent substance or the thermally activated delayed fluorescent material; and light emission can be obtained from both the phosphorescent substance and the phosphorescent substance or the thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.
US12319687B2
Provided are indole alkaloid compounds in a noni enzyme, wherein the structural formula is shown in the following formula: Provided is a preparation method of the above-mentioned compound and application of the indole alkaloid compound in the noni enzyme in the preparation of an α-glucosidase inhibitor. The indole alkaloid compound in the noni enzyme provided by the invention has a simple preparation process, low cost and abundant raw material sources.
US12319682B2
The invention relates to new 4-(piperazin-1-yl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-indoles and 4-(piperazin-1-yl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-benzimidazoles represented by formula (I), wherein all symbols and variables are as defined in the description. The compounds can find use in a method of prevention and/or treatment of diseases selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Levy body dementia, dementia-related psychosis, schizophrenia, delusional syndromes and other psychotic conditions related and not related to taking psychoactive substances, depression, anxiety disorders of various aetiology, sleep disorders of various aetiology.
US12319678B2
The present invention relates to novel thioridazine analogue compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 is OCH3 or NH2, particularly suitable to be used in the treatment of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia harboring the t(6;11)(q27;q23) KMT2A/AFDN rearrangement.
US12319672B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein Ar1, R1 and R2 are as described in the description, and A is 4,5-dihydroisoxazole-3,5-diyl, imidazolidin-4-one-1,3-diyl, oxazol-2-one-3,5-diyl and oxazolidine-2-one-3,5-diyl, 1,2,3-triazole-1,4-diyl, isoxazole-3,5-diyl, imidazole-1, 4-diyl, and isothiazole-3,5-diyl; and their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of Formula (I), and especially to their use as Galectin-3 inhibitors.
US12319670B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods/uses of using the same, for example, for treating a JAK-related disorder, such as cancer, cancer cachexia or an immune disorder: wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl; R2 is selected from methyl, ethyl, methoxy and ethoxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine and methyl; R4 is selected from methyl, ethyl and —CH2OCH3; R5 and R6 are each individually methyl or hydrogen; and R7 is selected from methyl, ethyl, —(CH2)2OH and —(CH2)2OCH3, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12319656B2
A compound as a potassium channel regulator and preparation and use thereof are described. Specifically, the compound has the structure shown in formula A. A preparation method of the compound and its use as a potassium channel regulator in a medicament and a pharmaceutical composition are also described.
US12319655B2
Described herein are compounds that are RAF inhibitors and their use in the treatment of disorders such as cancers.
US12319654B2
Compounds are presented having the formula [M4L6]·Xn, where M is a transition metal ion having 6 d-shell valence electrons, X is a counter ion and n is the number of counterions such that the total charge of the compound of formula (I) is zero, and wherein L is a 5-(5-bipyridin-2,2′-yl)-2,2′-bipyridine or derivative thereof. Methods of preparing the compounds and uses of the compounds to retain radiolabels are also presented.
US12319635B2
A method for producing an aromatic aminomethyl, comprising hydrogenating an aromatic nitrile in an organic solvent comprising a polar organic solvent having a solubility parameter (SP value) of 9 or more in the presence of a quaternary ammonium compound, at least one metal hydroxide selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal hydroxide and an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, and a hydrogenation catalyst.
US12319620B2
Provided are ceramic compositions and containers, in each case comprising a ceramic (e.g., porcelain, stoneware, porcelain, or ceramic composition having properties of both) composition to which an amount of alumina has been added to provide a ceramic composition comprising 20% to 25% (wt./wt.) alumina, preferably about 22% (wt./wt.) alumina, providing a stronger material, such that wall thicknesses (e.g., of double-walled beverage containers) can be reduced or minimized to create a lighter double-walled ceramic container. The disclosed containers have a chemical and porous structure suitable for a wide array of stoneware glazes, and display water absorption rate properties comparable to stoneware. Methods of making same are provided.
US12319618B2
An anti-corrosive concrete grouting material for coastal structure connection and a method for preparing the same, belonging to the technical field of anti-corrosion of coastal assembled structure connectors. The grouting material includes the following components: expansible compound cement, slag sand, fly ash (FA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) (containing an oxidant and a catalyst), graphene oxide (GO), a water reducer, an adjusting admixture, a defoaming agent, a mineral admixture and water. A shrinkage-free effect of the grouting material is realized through internal curing of GO-PVA hydrogel, micro-expansion of the compound cement and shrinkage reduction effect of the FA; an energy storage effect of a GO-PVA hydrogel micro-capacitor is exerted to avoid formation of a reinforcement corrosion micro-battery in a grouting material sleeve, a reinforcement corrosion self-immune effect is achieved, seawater corrosion resistance of the grouting material is improved by the slag sand, and it has huge economic and environmental protection benefits.
US12319613B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel including pixels and a cover window disposed on the display panel. The cover window includes a flat portion having a first thickness, and a folding portion having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness of the flat portion, the folding portion being adjacent to the flat portion. A first stress profile of the flat portion of the cover window that is a stress change along a depth direction from a surface of the flat portion of the cover window is different from a second stress profile of the folding portion of the cover window that is a stress change along a depth direction from a surface of the folding portion of the cover window.
US12319610B2
The present invention is directed to a glass container having an outer glass surface with an inkjet printed image provided on said surface, characterized in that a CEC with a thickness between 0 to 20 nm is present between the outer glass surface and the inkjet printed image. Such glass container is preferably a one-way beverage bottle. In addition, the present invention is directed to a method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprising the steps of: a) manufacturing a glass container having a CEC layer; b) removing at least part of the CEC layer to a level wherein the remaining CEC layer has a thickness of 0 to 20 nm; c) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.
US12319609B1
A glass material with low refractive index and radiation resistance, method for preparing the same, and applications thereof. The glass material consists of the following components by mole percent: 60-80% SiO2, 2-10% B2O3, 0.1-1% CeO2, 5-10% Na2O, 2-10% K2O, 1-8% Al2O3, 0-2% CaF2, 0-1% As2O3, and 1-5% alkaline earth metal oxides, wherein the alkaline earth metal oxides are selected from at least one of BaO, SrO, CaO, and MgO. The glass material has a refractive index of ≤1.47, a glass transition temperature of ≤550° C., a yield point temperature of 645° C., a softening point temperature of ≤748° C., and a coefficient of thermal expansion of (82-87)×10−7/° C. After exposure to a 4700 Gy dose of X-ray radiation, the transmittance decreases by ≤2%. The glass material can be used as cladding glass material for the preparation of optical glass fibers and fiber panels, capable of meeting the requirements for radiation environment applications.
US12319601B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for biological treatment of an organic wastewater where it is possible to efficiently remove organic matter under high load while reducing the amount of air used for aerobic biological treatment and substantially decreasing the amount of sludge generated. The apparatus is provided with: a first biological treatment tank which has a fixed-type immobilized biocarrier and an aeration means; a second biological treatment tank to which a treated liquid from the first tank is introduced so as to perform treatment using suspended microorganisms, and which has an aeration means; and a sedimentation tank in which solid-liquid from the second tank is separated said liquid into settled sludge and treated water, wherein the apparatus has an influent line through which an organic wastewater is introduced to the first tank and the second tank, and a return line through which part of settled sludge discharged from the tank is returned to the tank.
US12319597B2
The present application provides corrosion prevention devices comprising a sacrificial anode and a mass sensor and corrosion prevention devices comprising a controller in communication with the mass sensor and sacrificial anode. The controller can be configured to receive mass data to detect when the mass of the sacrificial anode has fallen below a predetermined threshold. Upon determining that the mass has fallen below the predetermined threshold, the controller can designate that the sacrificial anode is depleted. In response, the controller can output instructions for performing one or more corrective actions to protect the desired structure from corrosion.
US12319596B2
A cartridge for use in a water purification apparatus and a water purification method for maintaining a water quality supply are provided. The cartridge comprises an elongated tubular body having first and second ends comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and an internal chamber extending between the first and second end. The first end includes an end cap having a first opening in fluid communication with the body. A disinfectant material is disposed in the internal chamber of the body. Filters are disposed in the elongated tubular body adjacent to the first opening and adjacent the second end of the elongated tubular body and are in fluid communication with the internal chamber and the fluid outlet. The second end of the elongated tubular body comprising an exterior surface having a tapered portion and a linear portion adjacent to the tapered portion.
US12319591B2
A method, system, and apparatus directed to an innovative approach for the treatment of stormwater utilizing hydrodynamic separator assembly designed to maximize flow movement for more efficient sediment removal and maximize water flow control.
US12319590B2
An improved method for the formation of lithium metal phosphate cathode material is provided. The process comprises: forming a first aqueous suspension comprising a first molar concentration of Li+ and a second molar concentration of PO43−; forming a second aqueous suspension comprising a metal source wherein the metal source comprises at least one iron source selected from the group consisting of Fe2O3, FeOOH and Fe3O4 and an organic acid, organic alcohol or salt of an organic acid; wherein iron of the iron source is present in a third molar concentration; combining the first aqueous suspension and the second aqueous suspension and allowing a precipitate to form; drying the precipitate; and calcining the precipitate thereby forming the lithium iron phosphate cathode material having a formula represented by LiMPO4/C wherein the lithium iron phosphate cathode material comprises up to 3 wt % carbon.
US12319587B2
A compound has a perovskite type crystal structure containing A which is a monovalent cation, B which is a metal ion, and X which is a halide ion as components. The perovskite type crystal structure has a unit cell volume of 0.2000 nm3 or more and 0.2150 nm3 or less, an ionic radius of B of 0.7 Å or more and 1.4 Å or less, and an ionic radius of X of 0.5 Å or more and 2.5 Å or less.
US12319586B2
A method for producing boehmite under atmospheric pressure may include producing a sodium aluminate solution by dissolving sodium aluminate in water. The method may further include producing an aluminum hydroxide gel by mixing a hydrochloric acid solution with the sodium aluminate solution. The method may further include producing an aluminum chloride solution by mixing a hydrochloric acid solution with the aluminum hydroxide gel. The method may further include producing saturated aluminum chloride solution by heating the aluminum chloride solution. The method may further include producing a boehmite gel by mixing an ammonia solution with the saturated aluminum chloride solution and heating the boehmite gel to produce boehmite.
US12319585B2
The disclosure discloses a method for producing α-calcium sulfate hemihydrate whiskers by using fermentation broth for producing lactic acid with a calcium salt method as a raw material and synchronously recovering a lactic acid monomer. The method comprises the following steps: 1) after fermentation of lactic acid is ended, heating fermentation broth; 2) stirring, and adding sulfuric acid for reaction; 3) after the reaction is ended, filtering and collecting a solid part, namely α-calcium sulfite hemihydrate whiskers, and collecting a liquid part, namely a free lactic acid solution containing the lactic acid monomer; and 4) washing and drying the obtained α-calcium sulfate hemihydrate whiskers to obtain a α-calcium sulfate hemihydrate whisker finished product, filtering and concentrating the obtained free lactic acid solution to obtain a lactic acid crude product, and refining the lactic acid crude product to obtain a high-purity lactic acid monomer. The disclosure can replace the efficient separation of lactic acid in production of lactic acid with the existing calcium salt method and high value-added transformation of a calcium sulfite byproduct, thereby significantly reducing the refining cost of lactic acid and formation of wastes and facilitating improvement of lactic acid production quality and simplification of a post-extraction process technology.
US12319579B2
Systems and methods for the formation and/or growth of elongated carbon-based nanostructures on copper-containing substrates, are generally described. Inventive articles comprising elongated carbon-based nanostructures and copper-containing substrates are also described.
US12319575B2
The invention provides a process for producing hydrogen having the steps of reacting a fuel with a combination of two oxygen carriers to produce gaseous products and reduced oxygen carriers; reacting a portion of the reduced oxygen carriers with steam to generate hydrogen and partially oxidized oxygen carriers; and reacting the partially oxidized oxygen carriers and remaining reduced oxygen carriers with air to generate heat and regenerate the two oxygen carriers in their original oxidation state, wherein the heat and regenerated oxygen carriers are reused.
US12319561B2
Disclosed is a coil module, comprising: a vibrating membrane suspended on an air chamber defined and supported by a first substrate, at least one planar coil, embedded in the vibrating membrane, and at least a soft magnet, embedded in the vibrating membrane and disposed surrounding at least a portion of a contour of the planar coil; wherein a substantial portion of the planar coil locates at substantially the same plane where a portion of the soft magnet is arranged.
US12319542B2
An elevator tractive drive system including a plurality of wheels coupled to an elevator cab. The plurality of wheels are configured to compress into one or more shaft-mounted rails and/or one or more interior shaft wall surfaces. The plurality of wheels are powered by one or more motors coupled to a transmission configured to deliver regulated torque to the plurality of wheels. The system includes various sensors to measure parameters related to kinematics of the cab and/or the plurality of wheels, parameters related to a mass or a weight of the elevator cab and any pay load and/or parameters related to compressive forces generated at a wheel-rail or wheel-shaft interface. A controller is configured to receive input from each of the sensors and activate the at least one actuator and/or motors, to generate or adjust regulated compressive force and associated tractive force delivered at the wheel-rail interface and/or the wheel-shaft interface.
US12319539B2
A method of monitoring motion of an elevator car within an elevator system is provided including: detecting, using a sensing apparatus, a plurality of pairs of corresponding data within a selected period of time, each pair of corresponding data including a detected elevator car height and a landing corresponding to the detected elevator car height; transmitting the plurality of pairs of corresponding data to a remote device for processing; determining, using the remote device, which of the landings of the plurality of pairs of corresponding data have a number of reoccurrences above a selected threshold; and determining, using the remote device, that pairs of corresponding data of the plurality of pairs of corresponding data are above the selected threshold, the pairs of corresponding data of the plurality of pairs of corresponding data include a landing with a number of reoccurrences above the selected threshold are correct pairs.
US12319534B2
Addressed is the object of improving an unwinding performance of a glass direct roving at an end surface. A method of manufacturing a glass direct roving includes winding a glass strand into a cylindrical shape while traversing the glass strand. In the winding, the glass strand is wound traversing the glass strand under the conditions that a wind order of the crosswinding is or greater, and an interval parameter, which is the smaller value among “b” and “A−b”, is from “(A/2)*−(A/4)*” to “(A/2)*−1”, where “A” is the wind order, “(A/2)*” is a maximum integer no greater than ½ the wind order, “(A/4)*” is a maximum integer no greater than ¼ the wind order, and a mixed fraction “a+(b/A)” is used to express a cyclewind of the crosswinding.
US12319530B2
A post processing apparatus includes a first sheet stacking portion, a stapling portion, a driving portion, and an airflow generating portion. The first sheet stacking portion stacks the sheets conveyed from an image forming apparatus that forms images on the sheets. The stapling portion is provided below a sheet conveying path leading to the first sheet stacking portion so as to be able to move along a width direction of the sheet orthogonal to a conveying direction of the sheet, and is configured to bundle sheets stacked on the first sheet stacking portion. The driving portion generates a driving force that moves the stapling portion according to the power supply. The airflow generating portion generates an airflow that flows into a movement space of the stapling portion via the driving portion.
US12319519B2
A carrier transport system for transporting a carrier within a vacuum chamber is described. The carrier transport system includes a track assembly extending in a transport direction, the track assembly comprising: a first passive magnetic unit provided at a first vertical coordinate and extending in the transport direction, a second passive magnetic unit provided at a second vertical coordinate and extending in the transport direction, wherein the first passive magnetic unit and the second passive magnetic unit are configured to counteract the weight of the carrier; and a roller transportation track provided at a third vertical coordinate and comprising a plurality of rollers configured to support partial weight of the carrier, wherein a first vertical distance between the first vertical coordinate and the second vertical coordinate is larger than a second distance between the second vertical coordinate and the third vertical coordinate.
US12319518B2
A carrier vault for a workstation of a pneumatic tube system includes a rotatable carousel comprising at least a first and second carrier port, each carrier port sized and shaped to hold a carrier used to transport materials via the pneumatic tube system and to allow the carrier to pass through the carousel. The carousel is configured to rotate between a first position, where the first carrier port is aligned with an access tube of the pneumatic tube system and a second position, where the second carrier port is aligned with the access tube. The carrier vault further comprises a selection gate adjacent to the carousel comprising a rotatable plate and a selection gate opening. The selection gate is configured to rotate between an open position, where the carrier is allowed to pass through the plate, and a closed position, where the carrier is prevented from passing through the plate.
US12319517B2
A robotic singulation system is disclosed. In various embodiments, sensor data including data associated with an item present in a workspace is received. The sensor data is used to determine and implement a plan to autonomously operate a robotic structure to move and place the item singly in a corresponding location in a singulation conveyance structure. The plan takes into consideration an attribute of the item determined based at least in part on the sensor data.
US12319514B2
Conveyor device (1), adapted to takeover of a conveyed object (F2), in particular a piece of meat, in a takeover area (A1) from an upstream feed in device (110), transfer of the conveyed object (F2) in a handover area (A3), in particular to a downstream disposal device (120), handover the object (F2) in a handover area (A2) from the takeover area (A1) in the handover area (A3), the conveyor device comprises a plurality of discrete transport units (21), in particular transport baskets (21), the transport units (21) being arranged in particular in a circulating manner, the transport units are adapted to to receive the object (F2) to be conveyed in the takeover area (A1), to be transferred between the takeover area (A1) and the handover area (A3), and to handover the object (F2) to be conveyed in the handover area (A3), wherein the conveyor device comprises a spraying arrangement (40), wherein the spraying arrangement (40) being adapted to provide at least one spraying functionality by means of which the transport units are sprayed with a liquid.
US12319509B2
A fastener for a rod belt having one or more rods includes a support area, at least one intermediate area, and a fastening area. The support area extends in a longitudinal direction and includes a support side. The at least one intermediate area and the support area are made as one piece. The fastening area projects away from the intermediate area in the longitudinal direction.
US12319508B2
A spiral conveyor includes a mesh chain spirally wound around and rotate synchronously with an outer circumference of each rotary drums. The inner side of each chain link of the mesh chain close to the rotary drum is provided with a drive head extending towards a drum body of the rotary drum. The drive head is provided with a convex-arc edge and includes an arc slot provided on each of two sides or on a single side of the drive head. Driving poles are evenly distributed around the outer circumference of the rotary drum and engage with the drive heads of each layer. When the inner side of the mesh chain adapts to the perimeter of the outer side of the mesh chain, the drive head on the inner side of the mesh chain engages with the driving pole.
US12319503B2
An automated package delivery machine, comprising: a housing with auto-lock doors; carousels; and robotic assemblies. The housing may substantially enclose the carousels and the robotic assemblies, and substantially prevents unwanted access to an interior of the housing. Each carousel may comprise a plurality of storage containers, a drive belt, a motor, and one or more rails. The storage containers may each have a plurality of slots, which are configured to accept and contain one or more packages to be delivered to one or more customers. The rails may form a loop track to which the storage containers are slidably engaged. The drive belt, driven by said motor, is configured to slidingly move the storage containers along the rails. The robotic assemblies are configured to remove the packages from the slots and deliver them to an interior side of the auto-lock doors.
US12319502B2
An order fulfillment system is disclosed including a multi-level tote storage structure, one or more autonomous mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote; one or more workstations configured to accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a “put” location, wherein the autonomous mobile robots are configured to move from level to level in the order fulfillment apparatus.
US12319498B2
A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body assembly, and a tailgate. The body assembly is coupled to the chassis and defines a refuse compartment configured to store refuse material. The tailgate comprises a refuse receiving portion, a thresher assembly, and an electrically driven actuation mechanism. The refuse receiving portion is configured to receive refuse material. The thresher assembly includes a compaction thresher including a plurality of tines and a plurality of tine springs configured to bias the plurality of tines in a direction of compaction. The plurality of tine springs are each disposed around a corresponding tine of the plurality of tines. The electrically driven actuation mechanism is configured to selectively actuate the thresher assembly.
US12319497B2
The mechanical arm system can include a garbage container holder and at least one mast. The holder can have guiding wheels engaged with adjacent tracks of the mast, the two adjacent tracks both having a lower portion extending upwardly along the mast, the lower portion of the first track being located forwardly of the lower portion of the second track, the lower portion of both tracks leading into corresponding upper portions which are curved rearwardly. The system can have a primary mast and a secondary mast slidably mounted to the primary mast, with the garbage container slidable mounted to the secondary mast. A driving link can simultaneously connect the primary mast to the secondary mast, and the secondary mast to the holder in a manner that when the driving link is moved, both sliding movements are performed in the same direction.
US12319491B2
A capsule is proposed herein including: a casing that extends about an axis, which includes a base wall and a side wall defining a cavity containing an initial product to be joined to a fluid to obtain a final product, and a flanged edge extending from said side wall; a covering element, fixed to the flanged edge to close the cavity; a sealing element, associated with the flanged edge to make a fluidic seal with a dispensing machine; wherein the sealing element includes a cellulose-based ring; and wherein the ring includes a stratified structure including at least two cellulose-based layers, between which there is an outer layer arranged towards the outside and configured to contact the dispensing machine and an inner layer; a joining layer to enable the ring to be joined to the flanged edge; and a further joining layer, to join together the two cellulose-based layers.
US12319482B2
A paper fragrance capsule with breathable film, includes a paper container, a fragrance carrier filled with a fragrance substance and placed in the paper container, a breathable film peripherally combined with an opening extension of the paper container and a paper sealing cover combined with the opening extension and covering the paper container. The breathable film is formed by combing a microporous film with a tensile fixing layer, which can fix the heated microporous film and limiting the deformation of the microporous film. When using the fragrance capsule, you can remove the paper sealing cover smoothly first, and then place the fragrance capsule in the aroma diffuser to heat to generate aroma. After use, the paper fragrance capsule can be discarded and decomposed or recycled. It is more environmentally friendly to use.
US12319479B2
A one-piece carton with a strong hang tab includes a back wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a top wall. A tab is formed from a first tab portion and a second tab portion to provide a tab having two layers of material. The tab can extend upward from the back wall of the container or from a mid-portion of the top wall. Flaps are provided on either side of the back wall, bottom wall, front wall and top wall to form side walls for the carton. The carton is formed from a blank of paperboard or corrugated paper or similar material.
US12319477B2
A lockable container comprises an upper flap and a lower flap. The upper flap has a slot that also defines a tab. The lower flap has a securing structure that is partially insertable into the slot. The tab is flexibly moveable between a first position in which the tab is outside of the lower flap, and a second position in which the tab is inside of the lower flap, whereby when the tab is moved into the second position the securing structure is prevented from moving leftward by a left closed end of the slot and the securing structure is simultaneously prevented from moving rightward by the tab.
US12319476B1
A packaging element formed from a blank includes a bottom panel, a first side panel connected to the bottom panel, at least one support assembly connected to the first side panel, at least one end panel connected to the bottom panel, and each end panel secured to the packaging element.
US12319469B2
The present disclosure concerns a coupling mechanism for detachably attaching two or more utility modules to one another, utility assembles, mobile carriers and other attachable modules and articles.
US12319456B2
A film gripping and releasing device for pallet wrapping machines of the type with a turntable and a fixed frame, comprises a gripper and movement means for the gripper on board the table, and a movable contact element constrained to the frame. The movable contact element can go from a retracted home position to an operating position projecting from the frame, and vice versa. When the contact element projects from the frame interacts with the movement means for the gripper in such a way as to shift the gripper along a guide, on which are arranged opening means and closing means for the gripper which are suitable for making the gripper go from a closed position in which it clamps the film to an open position in which it releases the film, and vice versa.
US12319451B2
A system for end-folding a wrapping onto a stack of bags includes a folding machine having a first folding station and a second folding station. The first folding station configured to receive the stack of bags with the wrapping partially covering the stack of bags and defining wrapping flaps, and is further configured to end-fold one or more of the wrapping flaps of the wrapping onto the stack of bags while leaving other flaps unfolded. The second folding station is downstream from the first folding station is configured to receive the stack of bags from the first folding station and further end-fold unfolded wrapping flaps of the wrapping onto the stack of bags.
US12319437B2
A power drive unit for moving cargo relative to a cargo bay of an aircraft is disclosed herein. The power drive unit includes a lift cam coupled to camshaft, a drive wheel coupled to a drive shaft, and an induction motor having a first output shaft and a second output shaft, the first output shaft configured to drive the drive shaft and the second output shaft configured to drive the camshaft.
US12319435B2
A method for piloting a pre-existing aircraft comprising the following steps: integrating an alternative piloting system (1) into the pre-existing aircraft; connecting the aircraft (200) and a ground station in which a ground pilot (207) is positioned; when the aircraft is in a normal state, having the aircraft piloted by a nominal crew; using detection means to detect the occurrence of an emergency situation and, when the occurrence of the emergency is detected: making the ground pilot (207) operational, so that the ground pilot can produce an aircraft ground piloting set-point; transmitting the ground piloting setpoint to the aircraft; using the alternative piloting system to acquire and transmit the ground piloting setpoint to the aircraft flight control system.
US12319433B2
A method of determining the steering angle of a landing gear assembly of an aircraft is disclosed including scanning the landing gear assembly with a lidar system to generate a set of three-dimensional position data points, each position data point including a set of three orthogonal position values. A two-dimensional image from the set of three-dimensional position data points, by converting a position value of each of the three-dimensional position data points to an image property value of a set of image property values. A boundary of an area of the two-dimensional image of which each position data point has the same image property value is identified, where the area corresponds to a component of the landing gear assembly. The steering angle of the landing gear assembly is then determined from the shape and/or orientation of the identified boundary.
US12319430B2
Aeronautical device 1 for distributing gas in an aircraft between at least one source 2 of liquefied gas and at least one gas consumer member 3, comprising at least one first controlled all-or-nothing valve 11 at the output of each source 2 of liquefied gas, a cryogenic distributor 5 connected to each first controlled valve 11 and supplied with liquid, second controlled all-or-nothing valves 12 connected to the cryogenic distributor 5, in parallel, two-phase buffer reservoirs 7 supplied with liquid, each via one of the second controlled valves, and supplying gas, third controlled valves 13 mounted at the output of each buffer reservoir 7, for supplying gas, a pressure-reducing valve 9 mounted at the output of the third controlled valves 13, a collector 10 supplied by the pressure-reducing valve 9 in order to supply the at least one consumer member 3.
US12319428B2
Hybrid-electric powertrains for aircraft are disclosed herein. An example hybrid-electric powertrain includes a gas turbine propulsion engine including a first propulsor and a gas turbine engine to drive the first propulsor to produce thrust, a generator operably coupled to a drive shaft of the gas turbine engine, and an electric propulsion unit including a second propulsor and an electric motor to drive the second propulsor to produce thrust. During a first mode of operation, the gas turbine propulsion engine and the electric propulsion unit are activated to produce thrust, and the generator is driven by the gas turbine engine to produce electrical power to power the electric propulsion unit. During a second mode of operation, the gas turbine propulsion engine is activated to produce thrust and the electric propulsion unit is deactivated.
US12319423B2
The invention relates to a method for correcting the thrust vector created by a thrust unit associated with electrical correction means of the thrust vector. Such a thrust unit comprises a mechanical rotor moved in rotation by a rotary shaft of an internal combustion engine in response to a power command. Such a method comprises a step of generating this latter in order to reduce the error value between a rotation speed setpoint and a measured rotation speed of the shaft of the internal combustion engine and thus to correct the speed of the shaft of said internal combustion engine. The method also comprises a step of generating an actuation command of thrust vector electrical correction means generated based on the error value independently of the speed correction of the shaft of the internal combustion engine.
US12319422B2
Hybrid electric propulsion systems includes a combustion engine and an electric motor. The hybrid electric propulsion systems may include or utilize a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with the hybrid electric propulsion system, cause the processor to perform a method that includes determining an occurrence of a thrust asymmetry in the hybrid electric propulsion system, and controlling the electric motor to decrease an efficiency of the electric motor for a transient time period sufficient to reduce a torque output of the combustion engine to match an electrical load on the combustion engine.
US12319410B2
This disclosure is directed to a payload attachment and payload management and control device for an unmanned aircraft for supporting a payload having a payload handle, the payload attachment device. The payload attachment device including a receiver for receiving the payload handle and a releasable latch in the receiver having an engaged position and disengaged position, the latched biased to the engaged position restraining a payload handle. The payload attachment device includes a manual release connected to the latch for overcoming the bias and moving the cam to the disengaged position and an automated release connected to the latch for overcoming the bias and moving the cam to the disengaged position, the automated release connected to a controller of the unmanned aircraft. The payload attachment device may also receive payload telemetry data and electrical power from the payload using a disconnectable electrical communication connection.
US12319399B2
A windshield architecture with window including at least one ply of material that is transparent and of mineral origin and having a peripheral edge. At least one of the mineral material plies of the window is coated with a coating layer of viscoelastic transparent organic material over an entire surface of the play, including the peripheral edge.
US12319389B2
The disclosure includes systems, assemblies, sub-assemblies and methods for securely attaching components of a hydrofoil for use in water sports. The hydrofoil may include a mast assembly and one or more wings. At least some components of the hydrofoil may be assembled using toolless connections. The toolless connections may prevent relative axial and/or radial movement between components of the hydrofoil.
US12319382B2
A control device mountable to a handlebar of a bicycle includes a housing, a lever coupled to and pivotable relative to the housing, and a master cylinder portion supported by the housing. The master cylinder portion has a fluid cylinder. The fluid cylinder has a first end and a second end opposite the first end with a cylindrical wall therebetween. An opening extends through the master cylinder portion, from the first end to the second end. The control device also includes a plug removably connected to the master cylinder portion via the opening at the first end of the fluid cylinder, and a piston assembly supported by the housing. The piston assembly is movable relative to the master cylinder portion. The housing is made of a first material, and the master cylinder portion is made of a second material. The second material is different than the first material.
US12319372B2
A trailer system with a trailer and a booster is provided. The trailer can have a hitch assembly provided at a front end of the trailer, a load bed provided behind the hitch assembly, and an axle assembly. The booster can have a connection assembly pivotally connecting the booster to a rear end of the trailer and an axle assembly. The connection assembly can include a booster hydraulic cylinder to dampen the pivoting of the booster; and an axle assembly comprising: a booster suspension frame; at least one axle; ground wheels provided on each axle; a booster suspension having at least one booster suspension air spring controlling the height of the booster suspension frame relative to the ground wheels; and a pressure regulator limiting the maximum pressure of a fluid supplied to the at least one booster suspension air spring.
US12319371B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a steering damping requirement of a steering device of a vehicle, a steering system, a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium. The steering device is part of a steering system of the vehicle and is coupled to at least one actuator which is configured to apply a steering torque to the steering device. The method comprises at least the step of determining the steering damping requirement based on at least one rack force of the steering system, wherein the steering damping requirement forms at least a portion of a target steering torque with which the steering device can be acted upon by the at least one actuator.
US12319365B2
The invention relates to a vehicle steering system comprising a steering wheel, a first and a second steering assembly. The steering assemblies each comprise a steering linkage mechanically connected to a road wheel and a support motor. The steering wheel is configured to control a steering angle of a first road wheel via a first support motor actuating a first steering linkage. A processing circuitry is configured to receive, from the first steering assembly, input signals comprising one or more steering parameter values measured for the first steering assembly. Based on the received first input signals, the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a desired steering angle of a second road wheel and to send control signals to a second support motor so as to actuate a second steering linkage such that the desired steering angle of the second road wheel is obtained. A method is also disclosed.
US12319359B1
A rack for a cargo area of a truck or trailer is pivotable and nestable. When pivoted to an erected position, the rack may be used to secure cargo in the truck bed or trailer, particularly with respect to cargo items that are large or top-heavy. The rack may then be pivoted to a lowered position when not in use, so that the truck bed or trailer may be easily used for other conventional purposes. The rack may pivot around a pivot bolt or pin, and be locked into the erected position with a locking bolt or pin. When in the lowered position, the rack may be sized and shaped to nest snugly within a perimeter of the truck bed or trailer such as not to interfere with other uses of the truck bed or trailer.
US12319357B2
A cargo vehicle is disclosed having a composite floor assembly with at least one embedded hardpoint connector. The composite floor assembly may comprise a plurality of transverse beams and at least a portion of the composite floor includes at least one embedded hardpoint connector. The embedded connector may be used to securely and removably couple other vehicle components to the composite floor assembly, such as a landing gear assembly and/or a slide rail assembly.
US12319356B2
A vehicle-body structure includes a floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space, a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion of the occupant space and extending in a front-rear direction, and connecting members each extending upward from the floor panel, having an upper portion fixed to the center frame, and connecting the center frame to the floor panel.
US12319350B2
A plastic composite material panel is disclosed. An embodiment of a plastic composite material panel includes a roof plate portion that includes a molding sheet on which a plurality of resin layers are stacked. A reinforcing layer is formed on the molding sheet and is designed to be bonded to a vehicle body frame. A material filling portion is formed at an end of an edge of the roof plate portion by the reinforcing layer.
US12319343B2
An apparatus and methods are provided for suspending a rear-mounted drivetrain assembly in a chassis of an off-road vehicle. The apparatus includes one or more front mounts for coupling a frontmost portion of the drivetrain assembly to the chassis. The front mounts suspend the frontmost portion from a seat crossmember comprising the chassis. A rearmost portion of the drivetrain assembly is suspended from a rear portion of the chassis by way of a hanger. The hanger is coupled with the rear portion of the chassis by way of one or more mounts disposed on a pair of lower rear stays comprising the chassis. Experimentation has demonstrated that suspending the drivetrain assembly within the rear portion of the chassis prevents impacts on the bottom of the chassis from affecting drivetrain alignment.
US12319338B2
A steering column has a cylindrical front-side column and a cylindrical rear-side column having a front-end portion that is connected to a rear-end portion of the front-side column. The steering shaft has a front-side shaft rotatably supported inside the front-side column, a rear-side shaft rotatably supported inside the rear-side column and has a rear-end portion to which the steering wheel is attached, and a universal joint connecting the rear-end portion of the front-side shaft and the front-end portion of the rear-side shaft. The front-end portion of the front-side column is always arranged above a portion of the extension line of the center axis of the rear-side column which exists at the same location in the front-rear direction as the front-end portion.
US12319335B2
A steering device of a vehicle can prevent damage to one or more components of the steering device and loss of shock load absorption function during the telescoping of the steering device while implementing structural rigidity with increase in design freedom.
US12319334B2
The disclosure relates to an improvement of a structure of a steering wheel. For this, the disclosure suggests a steering wheel comprising a monolithic steering wheel base body which includes a central area for mounting the steering wheel to a steering mechanism, a steering wheel rim and at least one spoke whose first spoke end abuts on the central area and whose second spoke end abuts on the steering wheel rim. Accordingly, a projection which restricts tilting of the spoke toward a central area to a predetermined extent is formed in an area of a first spoke end.
US12319331B2
An electric vehicle is provided, including: a main body, traveling wheels, a drive assembly and a controller. The traveling wheels are arranged on the main body. The drive assembly is arranged on the main body and includes a hub motor. The hub motor is arranged on the traveling wheels. The controller is used to control the hub motor.
US12319329B1
An apparatus for a kicksled with a detachable trailer may include a pair of runners, including a first runner and a second runner that are oriented parallel to each other. The apparatus may include a first cross member, including a first end and a second end where the first end is disposed on the first runner, and the second end is disposed on the second runner. The apparatus may include a pair of trailer attachment arms to which a trailer may be detachably connectable. The trailer may be able to hold a child or small pet. The apparatus may include a pair of riding platform disposed on the pair of runners. The user may push the apparatus from behind and may ride on the riding platforms when the apparatus reaches a gliding speed.
US12319326B2
A detection system and method for line infrastructures of a railway line includes: at least one electromagnetic-wave detection device having at least one transceiver antenna, the electromagnetic-wave detection device being configured for emitting electromagnetic waves towards a line infrastructure by means said at least one transceiver antenna and for receiving electromagnetic waves reflected by said line infrastructure; and a control unit configured for processing the electromagnetic waves reflected by said line infrastructure and determining a position of said line infrastructure with respect to a pre-set reference system. The at least one electromagnetic-wave detection device is configured for installation on board a railway vehicle.
US12319325B2
A system and method includes commencing movement of a vehicle system including a plurality of vehicles from a stationary state. Operation of the vehicle system is controlled to control spacing between the vehicles of the vehicle system.
US12319324B2
A method and device for detecting a derailment state of a rail vehicle, wherein at least one kinematic variable is respectively measured via first and second sensors with respect to first and second wheelset end portions and corresponding measurement signals are formed, processed and evaluated, where values of first and second falling velocities y with respect to the first and second wheelset end portions are respectively calculated from the measurement signals via a computing unit and a derailment state of the rail vehicle is detected via a first comparison operation of the first falling velocity and the second falling velocity with a first falling velocity limit value and a second falling velocity limit value, which has a greater magnitude than the first falling velocity limit value such that a high level of certainty in the detection of derailment states is achieved.
US12319322B2
Disclosed is a bogie framework of a rail vehicle and a bogie, wherein the bogie framework of the rail vehicle includes a first end beam (01), a second end beam (02) and a box beam disposed between the first end beam (01) and the second end beam (02). The box beam includes a primary gearbox (1) and a secondary gearbox (2), and the primary gearbox (1) is used for connecting a traction motor and the secondary gearbox (2). The secondary gearbox (2) is disposed between the primary gearbox (1) and the first end beam (01), as well as between the primary gearbox (1) and the second end beam (02).
US12319313B2
A system for operating an autonomous agent with incomplete environmental information can include and/or interface an autonomous operating system and an autonomous agent. A method for operating an autonomous agent with incomplete environmental information includes any or all of: receiving a set of inputs; determining a set of known objects in the ego vehicle's environment; determining a set of blind regions in the ego vehicle's environment; and inserting a set of virtual objects into the set of blind regions; selecting a set of virtual objects based on the set of blind regions; operating the autonomous agent based on the set of virtual objects; and/or any other suitable processes.
US12319312B2
In an embodiment an apparatus includes a path generator provided in a vehicle, wherein the path generator is configured to generate, based on a minimum turning radius of the vehicle, a default U-turn path and to generate a final U-turn path based on a path following control reference point of the vehicle which is based on the generated default U-turn path, and a controller configured to control autonomous driving of the vehicle to follow the generated final U-turn path.
US12319311B2
Provided is a resolution control device that suppresses a processing load of output data by dynamically controlling a resolution at time of processing the output data of an external-environment sensor based on a traveling status. The resolution control device processes output data of an external-environment sensor that recognizes a surrounding environment of a vehicle and outputs the processed output data to an automatic driving device. The resolution control device includes a traveling status determination unit that determines a traveling status of the vehicle, and a control unit that extracts an attention region of the output data based on the traveling status, reduces a resolution of a region other than the attention region, and then outputs the region to the automatic driving device.
US12319310B2
A method of verifying accuracy of a perception system of a vehicle includes causing the vehicle to traverse a path around a target that is fixed in an environment. The target has a known pose. The path is configured so that the target comes into a respective field of view (FOV) of each respective perception sensor of one or more perception sensors of the perception system along the path. The method further includes, for each respective perception sensor of the one or more perception sensors, while the target is within the respective FOV of the respective perception sensor, acquiring a respective image of the target using the respective perception sensor; at the perception system, determining a respective pose of the target based on the respective image; and at a computer system communicatively coupled with the perception system, determining whether the respective pose matches the known pose of the target.
US12319296B2
A reverse traveling determination device that performs reverse traveling determination of determining whether a vehicle is traveling in reverse includes a direction indicator determining unit configured to determine whether a direction indicator of the vehicle has been operated. The reverse traveling determination is not performed after a predetermined time has passed or the vehicle has traveled a predetermined distance after the direction indicator determining unit has determined that the direction indicator has been operated.
US12319284B2
Methods and apparatus for platoon behaviors that discourage other vehicles from interfering.
US12319283B2
The invention provides a vehicle control method and device, a computer storage medium, and a vehicle, which are applied to the technical field of automobiles. The vehicle control method includes: determining, based on first information, second information, and third information, whether a vehicle is performing a reverse parking maneuver; comparing a reversing speed with a predetermined first speed when the vehicle is performing the reverse parking maneuver; and if the reversing speed is higher than the predetermined first speed, outputting a first control signal to adjust the reversing speed such that the reversing speed is not higher than the predetermined first speed, where the first information includes information indicating that the vehicle is in reverse gear, the second information indicates an environment surrounding the vehicle, and the third information indicates that the reversing speed is lower than a predetermined second speed, where the predetermined first speed is lower than the predetermined second speed.
US12319280B2
A vehicle control device is disclosed. The vehicle control device controls a vehicle on the basis of one or more detection times each representing a distance measured by a distance measuring device mounted on the vehicle. The distance measuring device measures a distance to an object around the vehicle by transmitting and receiving sound waves. The vehicle control device includes acquisition circuitry and estimated coordinate calculation circuitry. The acquisition circuitry acquires the one or more detection times. The estimated coordinate calculation circuitry calculates estimated coordinates indicating an estimated position of an object in a case where the object is present in a neighborhood of the distance measuring device but a distance to the object is not measured. The estimated coordinates is calculated on the basis of the one or more detection times having been acquired by the acquisition circuitry.
US12319278B2
A driver assistance system include a camera mounted on a host vehicle and having an external field of view of the host vehicle and a controller configured to process image data captured by the camera. The controller may analyze the image data to determine whether a lane splitting vehicle approaching or close to the host vehicle is present and control a steering device of the host vehicle so that the host vehicle laterally moves away from a lane line close to the lane splitting vehicle when the lane splitting vehicle is present.
US12319275B2
A mapping method that includes obtaining a multi-frame image of a parking scene by a camera every other first time interval, obtaining point cloud data of the parking scene by a laser radar every other second time interval, identifying wheel stop information in the multi-frame image by a pre-trained wheel stop identification model, obtaining a wheel stop classification result by fusing the wheel stop information in the multi-frame image, building an initial wheel stop three-dimensional map based on a vehicle positioning result and the wheel stop classification result, and obtaining a wheel stop three-dimensional map by revising the initial wheel stop three-dimensional map in combination with wheel stop position information in the point cloud data.
US12319274B2
Provided are a vehicle driving information providing method and system, the method including: operating in a turning radius control mode by determining a parking situation or a U-turn situation while a vehicle is driving; determining a driving force for each of wheels located on left and right sides of the vehicle according to one predetermined configuration mode, which is set up for an operation in the turning radius control mode, among a plurality of predetermined configuration modes including different target turning radii of the vehicle; and generating and outputting an expected driving path of the vehicle, based on the determined driving force.
US12319257B2
The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring a temperature of a brake system of a vehicle, the method comprising determining a dynamic warning temperature profile for the brake system, wherein the dynamic warning temperature profile is based on a warning temperature value of the brake system and a threshold value indicative of the number of times the temperature of the brake system exceeds the warning temperature value; monitoring the number of times when the temperature of the brake system exceeds the warning temperature value of the dynamic warning temperature profile; and when the number of times the temperature of the brake system exceeds the threshold value, adjusting the warning temperature level of the dynamic warning temperature profile to a reduced warning temperature level.
US12319254B2
Disclosed is an actuator for a brake device. In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure an actuator for a brake device includes a motor; a first reduction gear unit connected to the motor; and a second reduction gear unit connected to the first reduction gear unit; wherein the first reduction gear unit is provided as a planetary gear assembly, and the second reduction gear unit is provided as a bevel gear assembly.
US12319251B2
Provided fire an electric parking brake device and an electric parking brake control method that can apply an appropriate clamping force by accelerating data measurement and by suppressing influence of load fluctuation during idle running. For this end, the electric parking brake device of the present invention includes: a disc rotor; brake pads that are pressed to the disc rotor; an electric motor that imparts a thrust to the brake pads; a current detection unit that detects a motor current of the electric motor; and a brake control device that controls the electric motor 8 based on the motor current. The brake control device controls the electric motor 8 based on a current change amount of an electric current during a period from a point of time that the motor current becomes a peak current to a predetermined point of time.
US12319242B2
The current invention is a storage device for the back of a pickup truck. The storage device generally includes a bottom panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a second side panel and a top panel. Further, the back panel is movably coupled to the top panel. The device can have a securing mechanism to secure the storage device to the trunk
US12319239B2
A mounting system for removably attaching components to a vehicle having a bed portion, the bed portion including at least one sidewall defining a top rim, the mounting system including a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly is configured to be secured to the sidewall and to support a load; a load support structure, wherein the load support structure is configured to couple to the mounting assembly; an engagement between the mounting assembly and the load support structure being positioned at or below the top rim of the sidewall.
US12319236B2
Disclosed is a structure for fixing a movable device. The structure for fixing a movable device includes a rail unit mounted inside the floor of a vehicle, a storage part configured to be movable along the rail unit, and a fixing unit provided on the storage part so as to be adjacent to the rail unit to limit movement of the storage part. The fixing unit includes a housing disposed in the storage part, a locking rod disposed in the housing and configured to be insertable into a fixing bracket disposed on the rail unit, a first limiting rod configured to limit movement of the locking rod in a vertical direction, and a second limiting rod configured to limit movement of the first limiting rod in the state of separation of the first limiting rod from the locking rod.
US12319233B2
An assembly is described for connecting a step or other components to a tow truck or other commercial truck using a sub-frame. The sub-frame includes chassis connection elements that are attached to a chassis of the truck and support elements that extend perpendicularly away from the chassis toward left and right sides of the truck so that the step, a toolbox, or other components may be attached thereto. The step is installed at a height that allows access by a user standing thereon to a bed of the truck and to any items located on the truck bed. The assembly may also include a rear bracket assembly for attaching rear fenders to the truck.
US12319225B2
A gas generator includes a chamber with an outlet port; a breakable seal; pressurized gas stored in the chamber; and an insert nozzle positioned in the chamber having at least three intermediate orifices and positioned between the gas outlet and at least some of the pressurized gas. The insert nozzle is arranged to deform after the breakable seal is ruptured, during the application of a pressure difference between a downstream face and an upstream face of the insert nozzle exerted by the at least some of the pressurized gas.
US12319214B2
A deformation device for attaching to a crossmember of a bumper and for converting impact energy onto a lighting device has at least two deformation elements arranged in series and orientated in the same direction. The deformation device also has a support element which can be secured to a crossmember of a bumper, wherein the at least two deformation elements are secured to the support element. Each deformation element has an unstructured, flat surface and is designed such that the deformation elements buckle due to a force acting in a first direction and bend due to a force acting in a second direction.
US12319204B2
A device holder assembly that includes a body with a housing coupled to the body. A leg assembly is coupled to the housing. The leg assembly includes a first leg and a second leg that are movable between a recessed position and an extended position. A first finger is rotatably coupled to the first leg. A second finger is rotatably coupled to the second leg. The first leg and the second leg and both movable between a deployed position and a retracted position. A third finger is disposed between the first finger and the second finger. The third finger is rotatably coupled to a center portion of the housing. The third finger is rotatable between a deployed position and a retracted position.
US12319202B2
An around view monitoring system for a vehicle includes cameras, an image processing unit and an integrated control unit. The cameras are configured to shoot peripheral images of the vehicle. The image processing unit is connected to the cameras and is configured to receive the peripheral images of the vehicle. The integrated control unit is connected to the image processing unit, and is configured to select predetermined relevant parameters of the vehicle to calibrate and splice the peripheral images so as to form around view monitoring images and to output the corresponding around view monitoring images according to the type of the vehicle. Therefore, the around view monitoring system can provide proper and corresponding around view monitoring images according to different types of vehicles.
US12319199B2
A lighting device of a steering wheel and an assembling method of the lighting device improving an assembly process and mass productivity of the lighting device by simplifying an assembly structure thereof, includes a grip body forming a rim of the steering wheel and including a body groove portion formed in a shape in which the body groove portion is cut away along the rim, a bezel fitted to the body groove portion and assembled to the grip body so that the body groove portion is covered by the bezel, the bezel including a center portion provided with a light transmission hole, and includes a light emitting body assembled to the bezel to overlap the light transmission hole from between the body groove portion and the bezel, the light emitting body being configured to emit light through the light transmission hole.
US12319197B2
A projected display with improved visibility and understandability of a vehicle behavior. A vehicle projection device includes a projector that forms a projected image on a road surface; and a control unit. The control unit causes the projector to perform flashing projection of the projected image in a first period from start of projection, and causes the projector to perform sequential projection of the projected image in response to transition from the first period to a second period.
US12319187B2
A remote handle assembly for selectively unlocking a component in a seat assembly for an automotive vehicle comprises a rear housing having a boss, a spline shaft pivotally coupled to the boss around an axis of rotation, and a pulley pivotally coupled to the boss around the axis of rotation. The spline shaft includes a cam surface and a pulley channel extending circumferentially around the axis of rotation. The spline shaft is pivotable between an unactuated position and an actuated position. The pulley includes an engagement surface and an upper pulley channel extending circumferentially around the axis of rotation. The pulley is pivotable between a second unactuated position and a second actuated position. The pulley is spaced between the spline shaft and the rear housing. The upper pulley channel in the pulley axially aligns with the pulley channel in the spline shaft. The cam surface of the spline shaft is configured to frictionally engage with the engagement surface on the pulley as the spline shaft rotates towards the actuated position.
US12319182B2
The conveyance seat includes a back frame and a belt retractor that is attached to the back frame, and that retracts a seat belt. The back frame includes a rear frame having a plate shape and a front frame that is assembled to a front surface of the rear frame. A first through-hole is formed in the rear frame, and a second through-hole is formed in the front frame at a position facing the first through-hole. The belt retractor is provided inside the first through-hole and the second through-hole, and is disposed at a position overlapping the rear frame and the front frame in a thickness direction of the back frame.
US12319179B2
A seat of the present invention can prevent wrinkles of a cover at a curved part of an inward-suspending portion and improve attaching workability of inward-suspending member while keeping manufacturing cost low. An inward-suspending portion of a cover has a linear part and a curved part continuous with each other. An inward-suspending member has a rigid part attached to one edge of a main body. The main body of the inward-suspending member is superposed on the inward-suspending portion of the cover in a state where the rigid part of the inward-suspending member is spaced by a predetermined distance outwards from the end edge extending in the longitudinal direction of the inward-suspending portion and a part of the second edge on the upper side of the main body is overlapped to the cover. At a sewing portion, the main body is sewn continuously to the inward-suspending portion, from a linear part to a curved part.
US12319172B2
A vehicle power system including a fuel cell auxiliary power unit for providing clean, efficient power to a vehicle. The system generally includes a fuel cell with a first DC output and a heat output, a pressure vessel adapted to contain and provide pressurized hydrogen to the fuel cell, an electrical storage unit with a DC input coupled to the first DC output of the fuel cell. The electrical storage unit also has a second DC output. An inverter is coupled to the second DC output of the electrical storage unit to receive power, the inverter having a first AC output. The system can provide heat, AC power, and DC power to the vehicle.
US12319155B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a drive system for a dump truck capable of suppressing increase in size of a converter that controls a two-winding induction generator. To this end, the drive system for a dump truck includes a DC-DC converter connected to a main side DC bus and an auxiliary side DC bus, and a controller controls the DC-DC converter such that electric power of the main side DC bus is supplied to the auxiliary side DC bus via the DC-DC converter.
US12319149B2
A process to control a drive assembly includes the steps of providing a mathematical model associating a first quantity indicative of a torque delivered by a motor-generator with a second quantity indicative of a linear acceleration of a wheel hub unit, which receives the torque, acquiring a first signal indicative of the second quantity, determining a target signal of the first quantity by means of the mathematical model based on the acquired first signal, so that the torque indicated by the target signal involves at least a decrease in a difference between the second quantity and a reference, and controlling the motor-generator according to the determined target signal.
US12319146B2
An onboard electrical system is disclosed that includes first, second and third onboard electrical sub-systems for an electric drive unit, electric components and a vehicle battery of a vehicle, respectively. In addition, the system includes a charging terminal, wherein a changeover switch, a first switch element, and a second switch element of the onboard electrical system are physically separated from one another. The charging terminal is galvanically connected to the third onboard electrical sub-system by the first switch element and to the second onboard electrical sub-system by the changeover switch during an electric charging mode of the vehicle battery. The first onboard electrical sub-system is galvanically connected to the third onboard electrical sub-system of the second switch element and to the second onboard electrical sub-system by the changeover switch during a driving mode of the vehicle.
US12319137B2
A bracket for a rotating shaft includes a base and a retainer assembly. The base has a mount body and a receiver, first and second tabs extending from receiver and overlapping spaced apart portions of the mount body. The retainer assembly has a first retainer and a second retainer that overlap the tabs and trap the tabs against the mount body to hold the receiver on the mount body, and the first retainer overlaps part of the second retainer and the second retainer overlaps part of the first retainer to maintain the positions of the retainers relative to the mount body and receiver.
US12319133B2
An electric vehicle may include a frame, wheel assemblies, an electric motor, a rechargeable battery, and a battery compartment in which the rechargeable battery is secured to the vehicle. The electric motor may be supported by and/or coupled to the unitized frame. The electric motor may be coupled to at least one of the wheel assemblies. The rechargeable battery may be electrically coupled to the electric motor and power the electric motor. The rechargeable battery may be housed by and/or within the battery compartment. The battery compartment may be disposed above the frame and along a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The battery compartment may have a length of one-third or more of the longitudinal length of the frame. The length of the battery compartment may be more than three times a width of the battery compartment.
US12319126B2
A refrigeration system 1a includes a refrigerated compartment 2 for storing perishable goods; a refrigeration unit 10 operably coupled to the refrigerated compartment 2; a plurality of sensors including an internal temperature sensor 4 configured to determine a temperature of the refrigerated compartment 2, and a weight sensor 5a configured to determine a weight of the goods located within the refrigerated compartment 2; and a controller 20 configured to: receive data from the plurality of sensors; determine a thermal inertia parameter of the goods located within the refrigerated compartment 2 based upon the temperature of the refrigerated compartment 2 and the weight of the goods; and adjust a mode of operation of the refrigeration unit 10 in accordance with the thermal inertia parameter of the goods.
US12319124B2
In an embodiment a system includes a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, a switch vale, an integrated heat exchanger a first expander and a second expander connected to the refrigerant line, wherein the switch valve is configured to selectively circulate a refrigerant from the compressor either first to the indoor heat exchanger or first to the outdoor heat exchanger, wherein the integrated heat exchanger is configured to receive the refrigerant from the indoor heat exchanger or the outdoor heat exchanger, wherein the integrated heat exchanger is configured to act as a heat pump exchanging heat between the refrigerant and a heat exchange medium, wherein the first expander is configured to selectively expand the refrigerant related to the indoor heat exchanger, wherein the second expander is configured to selectively expand the refrigerant related to the integrated heat exchanger, and a controller configured to control refrigerant circulation directions through the switching valve according to a cooling mode, a heating mode, or a dehumidification mode such that the indoor heat exchanger is able to generate air-conditioning air based on each mode.
US12319123B2
Disclosed herein is a system for controlling direct and indirect multifunctional air vents, which includes an air vent mounted inside a dashboard in an interior of a vehicle, and configured to guide air flowing from a vehicle air conditioner to the interior of the vehicle while switching to a direct wind mode or an indirect wind mode, a mode input module provided outside the vehicle such that a user selects one of the direct wind mode and the indirect wind mode, and a controller configured to control the air vent to switch the mode of the air vent in response to the mode selected by the user through the mode input module.
US12319118B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing to store a device included in the air-conditioning apparatus, and an access door pivotably supported by the casing via a hinge so as to be pulled downward of the casing to allow access from inside a compartment of the railway vehicle to the device in the casing. A control device to control the air-conditioning apparatus and an inverter device to supply an operational electric current to the air-conditioning apparatus are mounted on a surface of the access door on a side facing an interior space of the casing. Main circuit wiring for supply of power and control wiring for sending and receiving of a control signal are disposed apart from each other, with the access door between the main circuit wiring and the control wiring.
US12319114B2
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) includes a case, an ambient inlet port defined in the case and configured to selectively receive air from outside the cabin of a vehicle, a recirculation inlet port defined in the case and configured to selectively receive air from inside the cabin of the vehicle, at least one discharge port configured to selectively discharge at least a portion of an airflow from the case to inside the cabin of the vehicle, and an extractor port disposed within the case and configured to discharge at least a portion of the airflow from the case to the ambient environment.
US12319108B2
A device for operating an active roll stabilization system of a vehicle is described, which active roll stabilization system has a roll stabilizer on at least one axle of the vehicle, which roll stabilizer is configured to adjust, by use of an electrically operated actuator, a degree of twist between lever arms of the roll stabilizer which act on different sides of the axle, in order to counteract a roll movement of the vehicle. The device is set up to determine which operating mode of a plurality of different operating modes of the roll stabilization system has been selected by a user of the vehicle. Further, the device is set up to operate the actuator as a generator, in order to recuperate electrical energy from a roll movement of the vehicle and/or from a roadway-induced movement of the vehicle, in a manner dependent on the selected operating mode.
US12319106B2
A suspension control system includes: an acceleration module configured to determine a predicted lateral acceleration of a vehicle in the future based on a radius of curvature of a road a predetermined distance in front of the vehicle; and at least one of: a damping module configured to, before the vehicle reaches the curvature, selectively adjust damping coefficients of adjustable dampers of the vehicle based on the predicted lateral acceleration; and an active roll control (ARC) control module configured to, before the vehicle reaches the curvature, selectively adjust stiffness of ARC devices of the vehicle based on the predicted lateral acceleration.
US12319099B2
A tire fitting system and a method for discriminating between tire sensors of a wheel to be assembled on a vehicle is provided. The tire fitting system comprising a processing circuitry configured to receive an identity of an RFID tag mounted on a rim, or in a tire, of a wheel. The processing circuitry is also configured to receive, from the at least two tire sensors, tire sensor signals comprising status information indicating how their respective tire sensor was activated. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine which identity of the at least two tire sensors is to be associated with the identity of the RFID tag based on the status information.
US12319098B2
An aspect of a tire of the present invention is a tire provided with a tread portion (11), a sidewall portion (12), and a bead portion (13), the tire includes a bead core (60) which is provided in the bead portion (13), a carcass ply (51) which covers at least a part around a core axis of the bead core (60), and a conductive rubber portion (80) which includes an embedded portion embedded in the carcass ply (51), and at least a part of the embedded portion is located on an outside in a tire radial direction in relation to the bead core (60).
US12319094B2
A tire includes a tread portion including first and second tread edges, circumferential grooves, and land portions. The land portions include a crown land portion, a first middle land portion, and a second middle land portion. Under a 50% loaded condition, the first middle land portion, the crown land portion, and the second middle land portion respectively have axial widths W1m, Wc, and W2m of ground contact surfaces, the widths satisfying the following formula, W1m>Wc>W2m. The crown land portion includes an outer ground contact surface and an inner ground contact surface. The outer ground contact surface and the inner ground contact surface respectively have widths Wco and Wci in the tire axial direction, the widths satisfying the following formula, Wco>Wci.
US12319092B2
The invention relates to a plasticizer system for use in a tread rubber composition. The plasticizer system is partially derived from or devoid of petroleum-based oils and resins. The pneumatic tire has a tread of a rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr): from about 10 to about 60 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) extended with an oil not derived from petroleum; and a plasticizer system comprised of (1) from about 4 to about 8 phr of a plasticizing oil not derived from petroleum, and (2) from about 10 to about 20 phr of a hydrocarbon plasticizing resin selected from styrene/α-methyl styrene resin and polyterpene plasticizing resin.
US12319084B2
An automated greeting card conveyance system is disclosed that includes a first conveyor configured to transport pre-decorated greeting cards along a first conveyance path and a second conveyor configured to transport envelopes along a second conveyance path. A control system controls customization of each greeting card and envelope by (a) determining a card identifier of the greeting card, (b) identifying customized content associated with an order for the greeting card having the card identifier, and (c) causing the customized content to be printed on the greeting card and envelope. A coupling system may also be used to automatically insert the greeting card into the envelope. In addition, a sealing system may be used to automatically seal envelope having a pointed envelope flap.
US12319067B2
A liquid discharging apparatus, having a head, a reservoir section including a liquid reservoir chamber and an atmosphere communication path, a liquid flow path connecting the head with the liquid reservoir chamber, a switching assembly to switch states of the atmosphere communication path between a connecting state and a disconnecting state, and a controller, is provided. The controller is configured to control the switching assembly to switch the states of the atmosphere communication path from the connecting state to the disconnecting state; after switching the states of the atmosphere communication path, control the head to discharge the liquid; and after switching the states of the atmosphere communication path, and in response to a predetermined connection condition being satisfied, control the switching assembly to switch the states of the atmosphere communication path from the disconnecting state to the connecting state.
US12319064B2
A liquid ejection head includes an ejection opening; a passage in which an energy generation element is disposed; an ejection opening portion that allows communication between the ejection opening and the passage; a supply passage for allowing the liquid to flow into the passage; and an outflow passage for allowing the liquid to flow out to the outside. An expression of H−0.34×P−0.66×W>1.7 is satisfied when a height of the passage is set to H [μm], a length of the ejection opening portion is set to P [μm], and a length of the ejection opening portion is set to W [μm].
US12319063B2
A base board includes a board and a controller mounted on the board. A controller is configured to receive signals outputted from a first sensor and a second sensor. A recording head, a case, the first sensor, a maintenance unit, a waste liquid container, the second sensor, and the base board are arranged in an internal space of a housing. The base board has a flat surface extending in a first horizontal direction and in a second horizontal direction. A range occupied by the base board in a vertical direction overlaps each of a range occupied by the first sensor in the vertical direction and a range occupied by the second sensor in the vertical direction. The second horizontal direction is perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The vertical direction is perpendicular to both the first horizontal direction and the second horizontal direction.
US12319059B2
A liquid discharge head is provided that is used in a liquid discharge device. The liquid discharge head includes a flow path forming member that forms a liquid flow path, and a surface treatment film formed on a surface of the flow path forming member. An amount of carbon contained in the surface treatment film is 15 atomic % to 30 atomic %.
US12319058B2
A liquid ejection recording element unit includes a first substrate provided with a first partition wall that demarcates a first flow channel including an ejection port of a liquid and an energy generating portion that generates energy for ejecting the liquid from the first flow channel; and a second substrate provided with a second partition wall that demarcates a second flow channel including a supply port of the liquid, the second substrate being stacked on the first substrate, so that the second flow channel communicates with the first flow channel. The first partition wall and the second partition wall are contiguous across a predetermined gap in the stacking direction of the first substrate and the second substrate. A hydraulic diameter of the gap is shorter than a hydraulic diameter of a smallest flow channel portion having a minimum flow channel cross-sectional area in the first flow channel.
US12319053B2
A printer includes a storing unit configured to store liner-less roll paper formed by winding, in a roll shape, continuous paper including an adhesive surface on a rear surface of a printing surface. The printer includes a conveying unit configured to draw out one end of the continuous paper in the roll paper from the roll paper in an unwinding manner and convey a sheet portion that is the drawn-out continuous paper in a sheet form. The printer includes a vibrating unit configured to apply vibration to a contact point of the sheet portion and an external circumferential surface of the roll paper, the external circumferential surface adhering to the adhesive surface of the sheet portion.
US12319051B2
A printer includes a transport belt and a suction box. The suction box is in fluid connection with a suction source to apply an underpressure to a print medium on the transport belt. The suction box is provided with a plurality of protrusions having free ends that define a support plane for the transport belt and are provided with inlet openings. The transport belt is air permeable and endless, is provided over the suction box, and is provided with an inner channel structure which connects outer openings on an outer side of the transport belt to inner openings on an inner side of the transport belt. The inner openings are positioned to align with the inlet openings, and the inner channel structure widens from the inner openings to the outer openings.
US12319047B2
A resin-integrated fiber sheet 1 for vacuum forming for producing a fiber reinforced resin molded body through vacuum forming includes: unidirectional continuous fibers 2 that are spread fibers of a continuous fiber group and arrayed in parallel in one direction; bridging fibers 3 lying in directions crossing the unidirectional continuous fibers 2; and thermoplastic resin 4 present on part of the surface of the unidirectional continuous fibers 2 to unify the unidirectional continuous fibers 2 and the bridging fibers 3. A fiber reinforced resin molded body of the present invention is a vacuum formed body in which two or more of the resin-integrated fiber sheets 1 are stacked. A method for producing the molded body of the present invention includes subjecting the resin-integrated fiber sheets 1 to vacuum forming from a lower mold with a vacuum line and pressurizing the sheets with compressed air from an upper mold. Thus, the present invention provides a resin-integrated fiber sheet for vacuum forming having excellent shapeability and avoiding voids, a molded body including the same, and a method for producing the molded body including the same.
US12319041B2
A laminating device is adapted to laminate a plurality of sheet members on a lamination stage and includes: a plurality of laminating heads2 that each has a curved holding surface; a drum section in which the plurality of laminating heads are arranged, the drum section holding each laminating head, and rotation of the drum section causing each laminating head to advance to a laminating position facing a planar lamination surface; and a rolling motion mechanism that rolls the holding surface on the lamination surface so that a delivery point of the sheet member moves from a rear end to a front end of the sheet member while each laminating head is caused to move by the drum section.
US12319035B2
A laminated film including a barrier layer and at least one adjacent layer that is adjacent to the barrier layer, in which the barrier layer has a barrier base material and a coat layer that is provided on one surface of the barrier base material so as to face the adjacent layer, the coat layer is composed of an aluminum particle layer composed of aluminum particles and a resin composition that is loaded into gaps in the aluminum particle layer, and the barrier base material and the adjacent layer include the same resin.
US12319034B2
A carbon fiber reinforced plastic structure has a low surface roughness and has reduced deformation due to residual stress, changes in temperature, etc., and a processing apparatus that uses the structure, are disclosed. The carbon fiber reinforced plastic structure (CFRP structure) includes a carbon fiber reinforced plastic member (CFRP member), and a resin layer formed on a first surface of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic member, the resin layer including an opposite surface that is opposite to a surface facing the first surface, the opposite surface having a surface roughness that is less than a surface roughness of the first surface of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic member.
US12319027B2
A stiffening element that includes one or more integral current flowpaths may include: a first layer including carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic plies; a second layer including one or more glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic plies; and/or a third layer including aluminum. The third layer may form an outer surface of the stiffening element. The third layer may form at least part of the one or more integral current flowpaths. A method of using a stiffening element that comprises one or more integral current flowpaths as part of a current return network for a stiffened structure may include: selecting the stiffening element that includes a first layer including carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic plies, a second layer including one or more glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic plies, and/or a third layer including aluminum; and/or routing current from the current return network through the one or more integral current flowpaths of the selected stiffening element.
US12319024B2
The technology described herein generally relates to an automated packaging apparatus, system and method that packages loose particles into a conical container as well as the final folded packages. More specifically, loose plant matter, such as crumbled dried leaves, are supplied to successive paper cones. The apparatus uses a packing method to accurately fill the cones, pack the crumbled leaves into the cones, and close the wide top portion of the cone into a precise shape.
US12319020B2
A method of producing a lens molded article includes a state determination of determining, after molding the lens molded article, whether a state is a first state where the lens molded article molded remains in an upper mold or a second state where the lens molded article molded remains in a lower mold; an adsorption of adsorbing an exposed surface of the lens molded article remaining in the upper mold or the lower mold, by an adsorption device disposed at an arm of a molded article moving device; an adsorption surface change of changing an adsorption surface from a surface adsorbed by the adsorption device to an opposite surface to the exposed surface when the determination result in the state determination is either one of the first state or the second state; and a placement of placing on a tray the lens molded article adsorbed by the adsorption device.
US12319019B2
A fiber-reinforced composite material molding apparatus includes a molding die, a bagging film that seals a fiber base material in the molding die to form a hermetically sealed space, an intake line that depressurizes the hermetically sealed space, and a resin injection line that injects a resin material into the fiber base material. The molding die includes a main body portion including a main groove that extends along a longitudinal direction and is connected to the resin injection line, lateral grooves that are formed at a plurality of positions in the longitudinal direction and extend along a width direction, and a step portion that extends along the longitudinal direction and is disposed between the main groove and the lateral grooves, and a lid portion that extends along the longitudinal direction, is disposed being in contact with the step portion to cover the main groove, and forms a part of a molding surface. The main body portion includes a communication groove through which the main groove is communicated with the lateral grooves.
US12319018B2
An impregnated fibrous material including at least one fibrous material of continuous fibers and: at least one non-reactive thermoplastic polymer matrix, or at least one reactive thermoplastic prepolymer, which is a precursor of the non-reactive thermoplastic polymer, optionally mixed with a chain extender, wherein the at least one non-reactive thermoplastic polymer or the reactive prepolymer is an amorphous polymer or prepolymer having a glass transition temperature such that Tg≥80° C., or is a semi-crystalline polymer or prepolymer having a melting temperature Tf≥150° C., the fiber content in the pre-impregnated fibrous material being between 45 and 65 volume %, and the average thickness of the impregnated fibrous material being less than or equal to 100 μm, independently of the number of fibers present in the fibrous material before impregnation.
US12319016B2
A system for manufacturing a thermoplastic prepreg includes a double belt mechanism that is configured to compress a fiber mat, web, or mesh that is passed through the double belt mechanism, a resin applicator that is configured to apply monomers or oligomers to the fiber mat, web, or mesh, and a curing oven that is configured to effect polymerization of the monomers or oligomers and thereby form the thermoplastic polymer as the fiber mat, web, or mesh is moved through the curing oven. The double belt mechanism compresses the fiber mat, web, or mesh and the applied monomers or oligomers as the fiber mat, web, or mesh is passed through the curing oven so that the monomers or oligomers fully saturate the fiber mat, web, or mesh. Upon polymerization of the monomers or oligomers, the fiber mat, web, or mesh is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer.
US12319012B2
A composite manufacturing method includes the step of drawing a nonwoven fabric formed of continuous fibers through a slurry of discontinuous fibers suspended in a dispersive liquid to yield a fiber-modified interlayer comprising a network of said discontinuous fibers attached to said nonwoven fabric.
US12319010B2
A converter having a converter base part, a bolt connected to the converter base part, a tensioning element and at least one piezo element with a through-opening, the bolt penetrating the through-opening and the tensioning element tensioning the at least one piezo element in the direction of the converter base part, wherein that the bolt is connected to the converter base part in a material bond.
US12319005B2
Methods may involve accepting pre-manufacture verification of manufacturer capabilities and product precursors for a product. Discrete packets of operational parameters to enable an additive manufacturing device to manufacture the product may be generated, each packet enabling manufacture of a respective portion of the product. The respective packets may be sent for only after receipt of confirmation that a previous packet is complete and associated operational parameters for the previous packet have been deleted. A time from completion of the previous packet may be sufficient to ensure that manufacture of another respective portion of the product may begin without interruption in an additive manufacturing process. In-manufacture verification of operational parameters utilized by the additive manufacturing device may be accepted. During at least some stages, a blockchain may be updated to associate data representative of workflows for the product with an encrypted, secure identifier utilizing a secure, distributed transaction ledger.
US12318994B2
A support structure of a 3D printer may include a printable surface that receives a heated bead of material and can support one or more extruded layers of material from the 3D printer. The support structure may include at least one inlet adjacent to the printable surface and one or more outlets that exit onto the printable surface. The one or more outlets are hermetically sealed to the inlet. The support structure may also include an injection mechanism operatively coupled to the at least one input.
US12318992B2
A laminated body reference surface curved relative to the X-axis direction and overlapped on a shaping die reference surface and a laminated body bend surface intersecting the laminated body reference surface along the X-axis direction and overlapped on a shaping die bend surface are provided, the angle between the laminated body reference surface and the laminated body bend surface is larger than the angle between the shaping die reference surface and the shaping die bend surface. When a ridge where the shaping die reference surface and the shaping die bend surface intersect defines a shaping die edge, and a ridge where the laminated body reference surface and the laminated body bend surface intersect defines a laminated body edge, the laminated body edge is displaced from the shaping die edge on the shaping die reference surface with the laminated body reference surface being overlapped on the shaping die reference surface.
US12318990B2
There is provided a resin container manufacturing apparatus configured to stretch a preform disposed in a stretch blow molding mold by a stretching rod and stretch the preform by introducing blow air into the preform so as to form a resin container. The resin container manufacturing apparatus includes detection means for detecting an actual position of the stretching rod inserted into the preform, and supply control means for controlling a supply state of the blow air based on a detection result of the detection means.
US12318988B2
An extrudate cooling tank having cooling water chambers adapted for running passage of extrudate serially therethrough at a preselected regulated variable pressures with water in the chambers being at different temperatures, and a wheel-servo motor combination hingedly connected to the chamber and being movable with respect thereto between a first position with the wheel engaging running extrudate and a second position with the wheel remote from engagement with the extrudate.
US12318974B2
The disclosure includes a mold assembly, comprising a machinable first mold blank comprising a first hinge end and a first handle end located opposite the first hinge end, and a machinable second mold blank comprising a second hinge end and a second handle end located opposite the second hinge end. The first hinge end may comprise a first hinge slot, and the second hinge end may comprise a second hinge slot, both hinge slots located on inner surfaces of their respective mold blanks. The mold assembly may comprise a first hinge bracket detachably coupled to the first hinge slot and a second hinge bracket detachably coupled to the second hinge slot. A hinge pin may be detachably coupled to the first hinge bracket and the second hinge bracket, and the first mold blank and the second mold blank may be configured to rotate about the hinge pin.
US12318972B2
In a double-belt press, an inner seal has an inner seal flow passage having an intake port via which a sealing fluid supplied into an inner sealing groove is taken in and a jet port via which the sealing fluid taken in via the intake port jets toward belts. The outer seal has an outer seal flow passage having an intake port via which the sealing fluid supplied into an outer sealing groove is taken in and a jet port via which the sealing fluid taken in via the intake port jets toward the belts. The partition wall has a plurality of fluid supply passages that supply each of the inner sealing groove and the outer sealing groove with the sealing fluid and a plurality of fluid recovery passages that recover the sealing fluid accumulating in the space formed between the inner seal and the outer seal.
US12318966B2
A powdery-material feeding device includes a controller configured to selectively conduct constantly keeping-control of constantly keeping rotational speed of a motor, current or voltage applied to the motor without any change as a manipulated variable for a predetermined period, or feedback-control of repetitively obtaining a difference between a discharge flow rate of the powdery material and a target value thereof at predetermined cycles and adjusting by increasing or decreasing the manipulated variable at each of the predetermined cycles in order to reduce the difference, the controller conducts the constantly keeping-control immediately after a motor starts, shifts to the feedback-control when the difference between the discharge flow rate of the powdery material and the target value thereof has an absolute value less than a threshold after the period for the constantly keeping-control elapses, and conducts constantly keeping-control without shifting to the feedback-control when the absolute value of the difference between the discharge flow rate of the powdery material and the target value thereof is more than the threshold after the period for the constantly keeping-control elapses, and the manipulated variable during the repeated constantly keeping-control is changed in accordance with the difference between the discharge flow rate of the powdery material and the target value thereof after elapse of the period for latest constantly keeping-control.
US12318963B2
The disclosure relates to a formwork device for manufacturing a construction element, in particular a plate-shaped precast concrete element, said formwork device comprising a formwork element and a transport anchor for positioning within the construction element, the transport anchor having a connecting part for connecting a lifting device and a shear force part for introducing a shear force into the construction element, the transport anchor having a first connecting element for connecting the transport anchor to the formwork element and/or a second connecting element for connecting the transport anchor to a support element for supporting the construction element.
